184. Pre-application consultation

&nbsp; <table style="color: #222222;"> <tbody style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;"> <tr style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;"> <td style="font-style: inherit;" valign="top"> <p style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #575757;"> <strong>(1) </strong>     Any person who intends to make an application may, with the agreement (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the local authority or any prescribed bodies concerned, enter into consultations with the local authority or such prescribed bodies in order to discuss the submission of an application, including the draft plan for the management of the event, and the authority or the prescribed body may give advice to the applicant regarding the proposed application.</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;"> <td class="language_link_paragraph" style="font-style: inherit;" valign="top"> <strong>(2)</strong>     The carrying out of consultations under sub-article (1) shall not prejudice the performance by the local authority or any prescribed body of any of its functions under the Act or these Regulations or under any other enactment and such consultations cannot be relied upon in the process of determining an application or in legal proceedings.</td> <td style="font-style: inherit;"></td> <td style="font-style: inherit;" valign="top"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>