# The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010, Rule 1: Citation, commencement and application

Extent: E+W+S

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010 and shall come into force on 1st March 2010.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), these Rules apply to the examination of an application ... by an Examining authority.
(3) These Rules do not apply if the development to which the application relates (or part of the development) is the construction (other than by a gas transporter) of an oil or gas cross-country pipe-line—
(a) one end of which is in England or Wales, and
(b) the other end of which is in Scotland.
(4) Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule to these Rules apply where the Secretary of State has received a request for a direction to be given.
(5) Parts 1 and 3 of the Schedule to these Rules apply instead of rules 3 to 23 to the examination of closed evidence where the Secretary of State has made a direction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/103/rule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-planning-examination-procedure-rules-2010/rule-1
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