The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) (Wales) Rules 2010

Powers of inspector in respect of pre-inquiry meetings

7.—(1) An inspector shall preside at a pre-inquiry meeting held under rule 4(1).

(2) Where a pre-inquiry meeting has been held under rule 4(1), the inspector may hold another meeting and shall arrange for such notice to be given of that other meeting as appears to the inspector to be desirable.

(3) Where no meeting is held under rule 4(1), the inspector may hold a pre-inquiry meeting if the inspector thinks it desirable, and shall arrange for not less than 3 weeks’ written notice of the meeting to be given to—

(a) in the case of a Welsh Ministers order, the Welsh Ministers;

(b) in the case of a non-Welsh Ministers order, the acquiring authority;

(c) each remaining objector;

(d) any other person known at the date of the notice to be entitled to appear at the inquiry; and

(e) any other person whose presence at the meeting appears to the inspector to be desirable.

(4) At a pre-inquiry meeting held under rule 4(1) or this rule, the inspector shall determine the matters to be discussed and the procedure to be followed and the inspector may—

(a) require any person present at the meeting who, in the inspector’s opinion, is behaving in a disruptive manner to leave;

(b) refuse to permit that person to return or to attend any further pre-inquiry meetings relating to the same inquiry; or

(c) permit that person to return or to attend any further pre-inquiry meetings relating to the same inquiry only on such conditions as the inspector may specify.