5.—(1) The Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales may cause an inquiry or other hearing to be held in connection with a draft drought plan.
(2) Where the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales causes an inquiry or other hearing to be held in accordance with paragraph (1), subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) shall apply to such inquiry or other hearing as they apply to inquiries under that section, except that for any reference in that section to a “local authority” there shall be read instead a reference to the water undertaker whose draft drought plan is the subject of the inquiry or other hearing.
1972 c. 70. Subsection 250(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 (the “Act”) has been amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (1989 c. 43), section 1 and Schedule 1, part IV; subsection 250(3) of the Act has been modified and amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 1982, c.48), sections 37, 38 and 46. Subsection 250(4) has been amended by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (1986 c. 63), section 49(2), Schedule 12, Part III.