Rule 16 Site inspectionsI1

The Examining authority may make an unaccompanied inspection of any site to which the application F1... relate before or during its examination of the application ... without giving notice of its intention.

The Examining authority may, before the completion of its examination of the application F2..., inspect any site to which the application ... relate in the company of any interested party or their representative.

Where the Examining authority intends to make an inspection of the kind referred to in paragraph (2), it must notify all interested parties of the date, time and place at which it proposes to make the inspection.

The Examining authority shall not be bound to defer an inspection of the kind referred to in paragraph (2) where an interested party is neither present nor represented at the time appointed.