Inquiries by Secretary of State
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24. The Secretary of State may cause such inquiries to be held as he may consider necessary for the purposes of the exercise of any of his powers or duties under this Order, and subsections (2) to (5) inclusive of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) shall apply to any such inquiry as if it were a local inquiry held in pursuance of subsection (1) of that section.
(1)
1972 c.70; section 250 was amended in subsection (2) by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43), section 1(1) and Schedule 1, Part IV, in subsection (3) by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), sections 38 and 46 and in subsection (4) by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63), section 49(2) and Schedule 12, Part III.