Procedures and objectionsE+W
7(1)The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under paragraph 21 or 23 of Schedule 9 to the 1984 Act (procedure as to certain orders) shall include power to make regulations for the purpose of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 6 above; and any such regulations for that purpose shall include provision by which a local authority required to be consulted under that sub-paragraph in connection with a proposed exercise of power may object to that exercise.
(2)Where such a local authority objects in accordance with regulations under the said paragraph 21 or 23 to a proposed exercise of power by the council of a London borough or metropolitan district, that council shall notify the Secretary of State of its proposal and of the objection, unless either of them is withdrawn, and shall give him such particulars of them as he may require.
(3)Upon receipt of a notification under sub-paragraph (2) above, the Secretary of State shall determine whether the proposal in question should be abandoned or implemented, with or without modifications; and the council making the proposal shall comply with any such determination.
(4)To assist him in making a determination the Secretary of State may consult such persons or bodies as he thinks fit and may hold an inquiry; and the provisions of section 129(1) to (3) of the 1984 Act shall apply in relation to an inquiry held under this paragraph as they apply to an inquiry held under that Act.