416.Section 88E of the 1991 Act provides that where the proposer decides to proceed with the proposal, it must comply with any requirements provided for in regulations as to the steps to be taken for consultation and ascertaining opinion. The proposer must then decide whether to proceed in the light of the views expressed. Subsection (6) empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations specifying the factors which the proposer must consider in deciding whether to proceed and the procedure to be followed in reaching that decision.