# The Pipe-lines (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1995, Article 16: Notification of decision


(1) The Secretary of State shall notify his decision on an application and his reasons for it in writing to all persons entitled to appear at the inquiry who did appear at it and any other person who, having appeared at the inquiry, has asked to be notified of the decison.
(2) Where a copy of the inspector’s report is not sent with the notification of the decison, the notification shall be accompanied by a statement of his conclusions and of any recommendations made by him; and if a person entitled to be notified of the decison has not received a copy of that report, he shall be supplied with a copy of it on written application made to the Secretary of State within 4 weeks from the date of the decision.
(3) In this rule “report” includes any assessor’s report appended to the inspector’s report but does not include any other documents so appended; but any person who has received a copy of the report may apply to the Secretary of State in writing, within 6 weeks of the date of the Secretary of State’s decision, for an opportunity of inspecting any such documents and the Secretary of State shall afford him that opportunity.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1239/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pipe-lines-inquiries-procedure-rules-1995/article-16
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