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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/works-on-common-land-etc-procedure-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/works-on-common-land-etc-procedure-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2012/737",
  "legislation_title": "The Works on Common Land, etc. (Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/works-on-common-land-etc-procedure-wales-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Site inspections",
  "text": "(1) Where an application is to be determined without a hearing or inquiry, the determining authority may at any time before determining the application appoint or assign an inspector to inspect the site of the proposed works and to provide a report.\n(2) An inspector carrying out a hearing or inquiry may inspect the site of the proposed works.\n(3) Where an inspector intends to make a site inspection under paragraph (1) or (2), the inspector must ask the applicant whether the applicant wishes to be present or be represented.\n(4) If the applicant states that the applicant wishes to be present or be represented, the inspector must give the applicant reasonable notice of the date and time of the inspection, and give the applicant or the applicant’s representative the opportunity to be present.\n(5) The inspector is not required to postpone an inspection if the applicant or the applicant’s representative is not present at the appointed time.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 1.4.2012, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/737/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:18.059721+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."
}