49Inquiries by Ministers.
(1)The Minister may cause such inquiries to be held as he may consider necessary in connection with the discharge by him of any of his functions under this Act.
(2)The provisions of section two hundred and ninety of the Local Government Act, 1933, shall apply to all inquiries held by the Minister or the Minister 01 Agriculture and Fisheries or the Minister of Town and Country Planning under this Act, and the reference in subsection (4) of the said section to a local authority shall be construed as including a reference to any water undertakers concerned in the inquiry.