{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-inquiries-procedure-rules-2004/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-inquiries-procedure-rules-2004/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2018",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport and Works (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-inquiries-procedure-rules-2004",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Preliminary action to be taken by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State intends to cause an inquiry to be held, he shall, not later than 4 weeks after the date specified in paragraph (2), give written notice of that intention to the applicant, to each statutory objector, to any statutory body which has submitted an objection (unless such objection has been withdrawn) and to any official body which has made an official representation.\n(2) The date referred to in paragraph (1) is—\n(a) in the case of an application to which section 9 applies, the date on which each House of Parliament passes a resolution under section 9(4) (or, if there are two such dates, the later of them); and\n(b) in every other case, the date of expiry of the period within which an objection to the application may be made.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4 in force at 23.8.2004, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2018/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:56.852817+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."
}