Article 6 Further power of reporter to hold pre-inquiry meetings
Where no pre-inquiry meeting is held pursuant to rule 5, the reporter may hold one if he thinks it desirable.
The reporter shall arrange for not less than 2 weeks' written notice of a meeting he proposes to hold under paragraph (1) of this rule to be given to the applicant, the planning authority, any person known at the date of the notice to be entitled to appear at the inquiry and any other person whose presence at the meeting appears to him to be desirable.
The reporter where he proposes to hold a meeting under paragraph (1) of this rule–
may require, by such date as he may determine, the applicant, the planning authority or any other person who has notified an intention or a wish to appear at the inquiry to serve an outline statement on the applicant, the planning authority or such other person, as the case may be, and on the Secretary of State;
shall preside and shall determine the matters to be discussed and the procedure to be followed at the meeting.