6E+WWithout prejudice to [F1section 53 of the 1995 Act (inquiries and other hearings)], where notices with respect to any proposed order have been published and served in accordance with paragraph 3 above, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the Ministers may, if he or they consider it appropriate to do so, hold a local inquiry before deciding whether or not to make the proposed order or to make it with modifications.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 12 para. 6 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 185 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3