Regulation 42
The Secretary of State may, after the submission of the last written statement or document required under regulations 39 to 41, invite the applicant or the authority to appear before him.
When the Secretary of State invites the applicant or the authority to appear before him, he shall also invite the other to be present.
The hearing pursuant to an invitation from the Secretary of State under this regulation shall take place not less than 14 days after the date of that invitation (or, if invitations were given on separate dates, the date of the second or last of those invitations).
The applicant may appear in person or be represented by counsel, solicitor or any other person.
Where the authority are a local authority, that authority may appear by any officer appointed for that purpose, or by counsel, or by solicitor, or by any other person;
Where the authority are a Passenger Transport Executive they may appear by counsel, or by solicitor, or by any officer or employee of the Executive, or other person appointed for that purpose; and
where the authority are both a local authority and a Passenger Transport Executive, they may appear by any officer of the local authority appointed for the purpose, or by any officer or employee of the Executive, or by counsel, or by solicitor or any other person appointed for that purpose.