Article 15 Representation of official bodies at inquiryI1

An official body which has provided an official case shall arrange for its representative to attend the inquiry if the official body has received, not later than 4 weeks before the date fixed for the holding of any inquiry, a written request for such attendance from the Secretary of State, the applicant or a statutory objector.

A person attending an inquiry as a representative in pursuance of this rule shall give evidence and be subject to cross-examination to the same extent as any other witness.

Nothing in paragraph (2) shall require a representative of an official body to answer any question which in the opinion of the inspector is directed to the merits of government policy or, in the case of any inquiry into an application to which section 9 applies, the merits of a resolution passed pursuant to section 9(4).