PART IVRULES APPLICABLE TO ALL INQUIRIES
Proofs of evidence23
1
A person entitled to appear at an inquiry who proposes to give, or to call another person to give, evidence at the inquiry by reading a proof of evidence shall send to the inspector and to the promoting authority a copy of the proof and (subject to paragraph (2) below) a written summary thereof.
2
No written summary shall be required where the proof which it is proposed to read contains not more than 1,500 words.
3
The proof and summary shall be sent to the inspector and the promoting authority not later than —
a
3 weeks before the date fixed for the commencement of the inquiry, or
b
where a timetable has been arranged pursuant to rule 8 or 18, which specified a date by which the proof and summary shall be sent to the inspector, that date.
4
Unless paragraph (2) applies, only the summary shall be read at the inquiry unless the inspector permits or requires otherwise.
5
The promoting authority shall afford to any person who so requests a reasonable opportunity to inspect and, where practicable and on payment of a reasonable charge, take copies of any document sent to or by them in accordance with this rule.