5(1)Section 47 (provisions as to inquiries and hearings) shall be amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A)The power to make an order as to costs under section 250(5) of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 as applied by subsection (1) above shall be exercisable not only where the inquiry or hearing takes place but also where arrangements are made for it but it does not take place.”
(3)After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
“(2A)The power to make an award as to expenses under section 210(8) of the [1973 c. 65.] Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as applied by subsection (2) above shall be exercisable not only where the inquiry or hearing takes place but also where arrangements are made for it but it does not take place.”
(4)In subsection (3), for the words from “required by paragraph 4(3)” to “Schedule 4” there shall be substituted the words “into an order subject to the provisions of paragraph 4B of Schedule 3”.