(1)This section applies if the Secretary of State decides that an examination in public is to be held of a draft revision of the RSS.
(2)The examination must be held before a person appointed by the Secretary of State.
(3)No person has a right to be heard at an examination in public.
(4)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Lord Chancellor, make regulations with respect to the procedure to be followed at an examination in public.
(5)The person appointed under subsection (2) must make a report of the examination to the Secretary of State.
(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the recommendations of the person appointed under subsection (2).
[F1(7)An examination in public—
(a)is a statutory inquiry for the purposes of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council), but
(b)is not a statutory inquiry for the purposes of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 8(7) substituted (1.11.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), s. 148, Sch. 8 para. 59; S.I. 2007/2709, art. 3(b)(i)
Commencement Information
I1S. 8 in force at 6.8.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/2097, art. 2
I2S. 8 in force at 28.9.2004 for E. so far as not already in force by S.I. 2004/2202, art. 2(a)