# Town and Country Planning Act 1962, Section 213: Local inquiries


(1) The Minister may cause a local inquiry to be held for the purposes of the exercise of any of his functions under any of the provisions of this Act.
(2) The provisions of subsections (2) to (5) of section two hundred and ninety of the Local Government Act, 1933 (which relate to the giving of evidence at, and defraying the cost of, local inquiries) shall have effect with respect to any inquiry held by virtue of this section as if the Minister were a department for the purposes of that section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/38/section/213 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-act-1962/section-213
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