10 Procedure on a review.E+W
(1)If a district council or unitary county council decide to conduct a review under section 9, they must as soon as reasonably practicable take the steps they consider sufficient to secure that persons who may be interested in the review are informed of—
(a)the decision to conduct the review,
(b)the subject-matter of the review, and
(c)the period within which representations about the subject-matter of the review may be made.
(2)In conducting the review, the council must take into consideration any representations made to them within the period mentioned in subsection (1)(c).
(3)After conducting the review, unless they decide not to make any recommendations to the Secretary of State, the council must —
(a)prepare draft recommendations and take the steps they consider sufficient to secure that persons who may be interested in them are informed of them and of the period within which representations about them may be made,
(b)deposit copies of the draft recommendations at their principal office and keep the copies available for inspection at that office throughout the period within which representations about them may be made, and
(c)take into consideration any such representations made to them within that period.
(4)If the council then decide to make any recommendations, they must send them to the Secretary of State and, as soon as they do so—
(a)deposit copies of the recommendations at their principal office, and
(b)take the steps they consider sufficient to secure that persons who may be interested in the recommendations are informed of them and of the period within which the copies may be inspected.
(5)Further, the council must keep the copies available for inspection at their principal office throughout the period within which they may be inspected.