The Combined Authorities (Spatial Development Strategy) Regulations 2018

Examination in public

8.—(1) The combined authority shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Secretary of State has appointed a person or persons (referred to in these Regulations as “the panel”) pursuant to section 338(3) of the GLA Act to conduct the examination in public, send to the panel a copy of all representations made in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) The panel shall, not later than 12 weeks before the opening of the examination in public, and after consulting the combined authority—

(a) make available for inspection, at those places at which the proposed spatial development strategy was made available for inspection, a draft list of—

(i) the matters to be examined at the examination in public; and

(ii) the persons who will be invited to take part in the examination in public;

(b) give notice by advertisement in the form set out in Form 2 in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(c) send to the Secretary of State a copy of the notice published pursuant to sub-paragraph (b).

(3) Representations on the draft list referred to in paragraph (2)(a) above may be made in writing to the person or body at the address indicated in the notice published pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) above, within 28 days of the date on which that notice is first published in a newspaper.

(4) The panel shall, not later than six weeks before the opening of the examination in public, and after consulting the combined authority—

(a) notify those persons who are invited to take part of the matters to be examined;

(b) make available for inspection, at those places at which the draft list referred to in paragraph (2)(a) above was made available for inspection, a list of—

(i) the matters to be examined at the examination in public, and

(ii) the persons who will be invited to take part in the examination in public; and

(c) give notice by advertisement of—

(i) the places and times at which the lists mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) will be available for inspection,

(ii) the address where the examination in public is to be held,

(iii) the dates of the examination in public, and

(iv) the name or title of the officer to whom and the address to which written submissions on the matters to be examined at the examination in public should be sent.

(5) Written submissions may be made on the matters to be examined at the examination in public to the person or body at the address indicated in the notices published pursuant to paragraphs (2)(b) and (4)(c) above.

(6) The panel shall not be required to consider a written submission from any person unless—

(a) the written submission concerns one or more matters to be examined at the examination in public;

(b) the written submission is shorter than 2000 words in length; and

(c) the panel has received no later than 3 weeks before the opening of the examination in public such number of copies of the submission as the panel may reasonably require in order to send a copy of that submission to each person invited to take part in the examination in public.

(7) The report of the panel shall be in writing.

(8) At the same time as the panel sends a copy of that report to the combined authority it shall send a copy to the Secretary of State.

(9) The combined authority shall, before the expiry of a period of 8 weeks beginning with the day it receives that report—

(a) make the report available for inspection at those places at which the proposed spatial development strategy was made available for inspection, and

(b) send a copy of the report to each constituent council.