Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 6, Chapter 3: The single Commissioner Procedure Sections 83 and 84: single Commissioner to examine and report on application/report from single Commissioner to be referred to Council
160.These sections provide that the single Commissioner is responsible for examining the application and then making a report to the authority responsible for determining the application. In the report the single Commissioner should set out his findings and conclusions and make a recommendation as to how the application should be determined. When the Commission is responsible for determining the application, the report is made to the Commission, who should refer it to the Council (see paragraphs 6 to 9 of Schedule 1 to the Act). In any other case it is made to the Secretary of State.