25 Prior indications of view of a matter not to amount to predetermination etc
Localism Act 2011 (2011 c 20) | Legislation

Chapter 6
Predetermination

25  Prior indications of view of a matter not to amount to predetermination etc

(1)     Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)     as a result of an allegation of bias or predetermination, or otherwise, there is an issue about the validity of a decision of a relevant authority, and

(b)     it is relevant to that issue whether the decision-maker, or any of the decision-makers, had or appeared to have had a closed mind (to any extent) when making the decision.

(2)     A decision-maker is not to be taken to have had, or to have appeared to have had, a closed mind when making the decision

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