Planning Act 2008 Explanatory Notes

Section 95: Hearings: disruption, supervision and costs

174.This section provides that the Examining authority may exclude a person from a hearing if he behaves in a disruptive manner.

175.Subsection (2) defines what is meant by a “hearing” for these purposes.

176.Subsection (3) provides that the Examining authority’s examination of an application is a statutory inquiry for the purposes of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and therefore is subject to supervision by the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

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