Before the Minister makes any general regulations he shall publish in the London Gazette and, if the regulations apply to Scotland, in the Edinburgh Gazette and (whether the regulations apply to Scotland or not) in such other manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected, notice of his intention to make the regulations, specifying a place where copies of a draft thereof may be obtained and the time (which shall be not less than twenty-one days from the date of the publication) within which any objection made with respect to the draft regulations must be sent to him.

If there are no objections which the Minister is required by the last foregoing paragraph to consider, he may make the regulations in the terms of the draft.

Special regulations with respect to a mine or quarry shall not be made otherwise than on the application of an inspector, the owner of the mine or quarry, not less than one-third of the total number of persons employed thereat or an association or body representative of not less than one-third of the total number of persons so employed.

An application for the making of special regulations must be accompanied by a draft of the regulations sought to be made.

Before the Minister makes any special regulations he shall publish in such manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected notice of his intention to make the regulations, specifying the place where copies of a draft thereof may be obtained and the time (which shall be not less than twenty-one days from the date of the publication) within which any objection made with respect to the draft regulations must be sent to him.

If there are no objections which the Minister is required by the last foregoing paragraph to consider, he may make the regulations in the terms of the draft.

The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall have effect where any draft regulations are, by virtue of Part I or Part II of this Schedule, referred for inquiry and report under this Part of this Schedule.

The inquiry shall be held by a competent person or competent persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor and, where two or more persons are appointed to hold the inquiry, the Lord Chancellor shall appoint one of them to preside over it.

There may be paid by the Minister to the person or persons holding the inquiry such remuneration and allowances as may be fixed by the Lord Chancellor with the approval of the Treasury.

The inquiry shall be public and shall be held at such place as the Lord Chancellor may appoint.

The evidence of the witnesses at the inquiry may, if the person holding it (or, if two or more persons are holding it, the person presiding over it) thinks fit, be taken on oath, and for that purpose the said person may administer oaths.

The person or persons holding the inquiry shall make a report to the Minister stating whether or not the draft regulations ought, in his or their opinion, to be modified and, if in his or their opinion the draft regulations ought to be modified, stating in what respect they ought to be modified.

If it appears to the person holding the inquiry (or, if two or more persons are holding it, the person presiding over it) that any objection made thereat to any provision of the draft regulations was frivolous or vexatious, he may order that the expenses incurred by the Minister for the purposes of the inquiry or such part of those expenses as may be specified in the order shall be paid by the person by or on whose behalf the objection was made ; and an order under this paragraph shall, on the application of the Minister, be enforceable by a magistrates' court as if the amount ordered to be paid were a sum adjudged to be paid by an order of that court.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Schedule, the inquiry and all proceedings preliminary or incidental thereto shall be conducted in accordance with rules made by the Minister.