Planning and Development Act 2024
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Power to hold oral hearings of appeals, applications, referrals or requests | ||
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369. (1) The Commission may, where it considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of determining an appeal, application, referral or request, of its own motion or if a party requests an oral hearing under subsection (3), hold an oral hearing. | ||
(2) The Commission may limit an oral hearing to any part of, or issue in, the appeal, application, referral or request. | ||
(3) A party to an appeal, application, referral or request may request, in writing and accompanied by such fee (if any) as may be payable in accordance with section 381 , an oral hearing— | ||
(a) where the party made the appeal, application, referral or first-mentioned request, at the same time as the appeal, application, referral or first-mentioned request is made, or | ||
(b) where the party did not make the appeal, application, referral or first-mentioned request, within 5 weeks of the date on which a copy of the appeal, application, referral or first-mentioned request is given to that party by the Commission. | ||
(4) Where a party requests an oral hearing under subsection (3), the Commission shall not hold the oral hearing where subsection (3) is not complied with or where it does not consider it necessary or expedient to do so for the purpose of determining the appeal, application, referral or request. | ||
(5) A request for an oral hearing under subsection (3) may be withdrawn at any time. | ||
(6) The Commission shall, as soon as may be, give notice of any decision by it to hold an oral hearing under subsection (1) or not to hold an oral hearing under subsection (4) or of a withdrawal under subsection (5) to all parties to the appeal, application, referral or request and every person who made a valid submission in relation to the appeal, application, referral or request. |