Presenting case at hearing, rights of person filing notice of objection, rules of procedure
15(1)The expropriating authority or the applicant, as the case may be, shall at the hearing present in full its case in support of the proposed expropriation.
15(2)Each person filing a notice of objection to a proposed expropriation shall be provided with an opportunity to present evidence and argument either personally or by his counsel or agent
(a)
as of right, where the person is an owner of land proposed to be expropriated or of land that may, in the opinion of the Officer, be injuriously affected by the proposed expropriation, or
(b)
with the permission of the Officer, in every other case, to be granted where the notice of objection discloses an interest in the matter of the expropriation that, in the opinion of the Officer, would be materially affected by the expropriation.
15(3)The Officer may make rules of procedure that he considers appropriate to a hearing under this Part, and in no case is the Officer bound to follow rules of evidence or procedure applicable in judicial proceedings.
1973, c.6, s.15; 1983, c.31, s.13