Paragraph 4A F1

The confirming authority may appoint a person (“an inspector”) to act instead of it in relation to the confirmation of a compulsory purchase order under this Schedule.

An inspector may be appointed to act in relation to—

An inspector has the same functions as the confirming authority under paragraphs 2(1)(b), 3, 4, 5A, 7 and 8.

Where an inspector is appointed in relation to a compulsory purchase order, the confirming authority must inform—

Where an inspector decides whether or not to confirm the whole or part of a compulsory purchase order, the inspector’s decision is to be treated as that of the confirming authority.

The confirming authority may at any time—

If the confirming authority revokes its appointment of an inspector while the inspector is acting in relation to a compulsory purchase order and does not replace the inspector, the confirming authority must give the reasons for doing so—

Where in any enactment there is a provision that applies in relation to a confirming authority acting in relation to the confirmation of a compulsory purchase order under this Schedule, that provision is to be read as applying equally in relation to an inspector so far as the context permits.

In this paragraph—

• “confirming authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in a case where the compulsory purchase order relates to land in England, the Secretary of State, and

  2. (b)

     in a case where the compulsory purchase order relates to land in Wales, the Welsh Ministers (see article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006);

• “relevant objection” means an objection that is treated as duly made for the purposes of this Schedule (see paragraph 4(1)).