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Section 95 Hearings: disruption ...F4I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Where an interested party or any other person behaves in a disruptive manner at a hearing, the Examining authority may decide to do any one or more of the following—

(a)

exclude the person from all, or part, of the remainder of the hearing;

(b)

allow the person to continue to attend the hearing only if the person complies with conditions specified by the Examining authority;

(c)

exclude the person from other hearings;

(d)

direct that the person is allowed to attend other hearings only if the person complies with conditions specified by the Examining authority.

(2)

In this section “hearing” means—

(a)

a preliminary meeting under section 88,

(b)

a hearing under section 91(2),

(c)

a compulsory acquisition hearing (see section 92),

(d)

an open-floor hearing (see section 93),

(e)

any other meeting or hearing that the Examining authority causes to be held for the purposes of the Examining authority's examination of the application, or

(f)

a site visit.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 95(3) omitted (19.9.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2042), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 40(a)

F2

S. 95(4) omitted (18.2.2026) by virtue of Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 10(2)(a), 118(1)(d) (with s. 116)

F3

S. 95(5) omitted (18.2.2026) by virtue of Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 10(2)(a), 118(1)(d) (with s. 116)

F4

Words in s. 95 heading omitted (18.2.2026) by virtue of Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 10(2)(b), 118(1)(d) (with s. 116)

Commencement

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S. 95 in force at 1.3.2010 by S.I. 2010/101, art. 3(d) (with art. 6)