Cap. 551 Art. 21Notification of application for appealtoregistered third parties. Cap. 552. S.L. 552.13.

A registered third party in terms of article 71(6) of the Development Planning Act shall be informed by the Tribunal that an appeal has been filed and he may request the Secretary of the

Tribunal to register him as an interested third party in such an appeal, within five working days from such notification. Such an interested third party shall have a right to address the Tribunal and may be requested by the parties to the appeal to give evidence in the appeal proceedings. Unless the Tribunal decides otherwise, such an interested third party may be present during all sittings of the Tribunal. However he may not attend site inspections where the Tribunal enters upon the property of the appellant, if the appellant objects to the presence of such an interested third party entering upon his property. Such an interested third party shall have a right to be given a copy of the Tribunal’s decision with regard to those appeal proceedings for which he has been registered with the Secretary of the Tribunal: Provided that the above procedure is also applicable to those external consultees who made their recommendations in terms of regulation 8 of the Development Planning (Procedure for Applications and their Determination) Regulations or any other regulations which may from time to time succeed the said regulations, which external consultees will however have the right to attend site inspections.