6.—(1) If before the end of the period of 28 days referred to in paragraph 1, or of 25 days from the publication in the Belfast Gazette of the notice under paragraph 3, or of any period specified in notices under paragraph 5, notice in writing of an objection is received by the Department from any person on whom a notice is served under this Schedule, or from any other person appearing to the Department to be affected by the order as prepared in draft or as proposed to be altered, and the objection is not met or withdrawn, the Department, before making the order shall, unless it is satisfied that the objections are solely of a frivolous or vexatious nature or relate solely to the amount of compensation, cause an inquiry to be held by the Appeals Commission and consider the report on that inquiry.
(2) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 apply in relation to an inquiry under this paragraph as they apply in relation to an inquiry under sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph.