24.—(1) At least 6 weeks before the opening of a hearing held for the purpose of giving persons the opportunity to appear before and be heard by the person appointed to carry out the independent examination under section 20 of the Act, the local planning authority must—
(a)make the matters mentioned in paragraph (2) available in accordance with regulation 35; and
(b)notify any person who has made a representation in accordance with regulation 20 and not withdrawn that representation, of those matters.
(2) The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)the date, time and place at which the hearing is to be held, and
(b)the name of the person appointed to carry out the independent examination.