{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-appeals-regulations-1990/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-appeals-regulations-1990/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2504",
  "legislation_title": "The Radioactive Substances (Appeals) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/radioactive-substances-appeals-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Hearings",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall give the appellant and the chief inspector at least 28 days written notice of the date, time and place for the holding of any hearing unless they agree to a shorter period of notice.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, in the case of a hearing which is to be held wholly or partly in public, the Secretary of State shall, at least 21 days before the date fixed for the hearing—\n(a) publish a copy of the notice mentioned in paragraph (1) above in at least one newspaper circulating in the locality in which the activity which is the subject-matter of the appeal is or would be carried on; and\n(b) in a case where the Secretary of State is informed under regulation 4(2) above that the chief inspector has consulted any authority, serve a copy of that notice on every authority which was consulted.\n(3) The Secretary of State may vary the date fixed for the holding of any hearing and paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall apply to the variation of a date as they applied to the date originally fixed.\n(4) The Secretary of State may also vary the time or place for the holding of a hearing but shall give such notice of any such variation as appears to him to be reasonable.\n(5) After the conclusion of the hearing the person appointed to conduct the hearing shall make a report in writing to the Secretary of State which shall include his conclusions together with his recommendations or his reasons for not making any recommendations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2504/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:55:09.938601+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}