(1)Regulations may require an examining authority to cause an open-floor hearing to be held in the circumstances specified in the regulations.
(2)The regulations may make any requirement to cause an open-floor hearing to be held subject to conditions (including the exercise of discretion by the examining authority).
(3)In this section, an “open-floor hearing” is a hearing at which each interested party is entitled (subject to the examining authority’s powers of control over the conduct of the hearing) to make oral representations about the application.
Commencement Information
I1S. 43 in force at 4.6.2024 for specified purposes, see s. 147(1)(b)