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New Towns Act 1981

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74Local inquiries

(1)The Secretary of State or any other Minister may, for the purposes of the exercise of any of his functions under this Act, and subject to the following provisions of this section, cause to be held—

(a)such local inquiries as are directed by this Act, and

(b)such other local inquiries as he may think fit.

(2)The following subsections of section 250 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 apply to inquiries held in pursuance of this Act as they apply to inquiries held under that section—

(a)subsections (2), (3) and (5) of that section (which relate to the giving of evidence at, and the costs of parties to, local inquiries), and

(b)except as regards an inquiry held for the purposes of the exercise of the Secretary of State's functions under any of the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (3) below, subsection (4) of that section (which relates to recovery of the costs of holding local inquiries).

(3)The provisions of this Act referred to in subsection (2) above are—

(a)sections 37, 40, 41 and 58(5) and (6);

(b)section 65 so far as that section applies to the disposal of surplus funds of the Commission ;

(c)Schedules 9 and 10.

(4)This section is without prejudice to any other enactment authorising the holding of local inquiries.

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