Application of Part 8
30.—(1) This Part applies where—
(a)notice of acceptance has been given; and
(b)the Welsh Ministers determine that the application is to be considered in whole or in part by way of a local inquiry.
(2) This Part also applies where—
(a)the Welsh Ministers have made a determination that all or part the application is to be considered on the basis of written representations or a hearing; and
(b)they subsequently vary that determination such that the application or parts of the application is or are to be considered on the basis of an inquiry,
to such extent as the Welsh Ministers may specify having regard to any steps already taken in relation to the application.
(3) Regulations 22 to 25 and 28 apply to local inquiries as they apply to hearings and accordingly those regulations are to be read as if references to hearings include references to inquiries so far as the context permits and subject to any provision in this Part.