Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954

2 (1) Where the Minister would apart from this paragraph be required to hold a public local inquiry relating to—

(a) a compulsory purchase of land in or surrounded by or adjoining a clearance area under Part III of the principal Act, or

(b) a clearance order under the said Part III,

in pursuance of paragraph 4 of the First Schedule or, as the case may be, of paragraph 5 of the Third Schedule to that Act, he may instead afford to any person by whom any objection has been duly made under the said First Schedule or the said Third Schedule, and who has not withdrawn his objection an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by the Minister for the purpose, and shall consider the report of that person before deciding whether to confirm the order to which the objection relates.

(2) Section forty-one of the principal Act (which affords an objector to such an order as aforesaid the right to certain information) shall apply in relation to a hearing under this paragraph as it applies in relation to a public local inquiry.