5.02. (1) At least 5 clear days before the date of the special inquiry, the committee shall, through its secretary, send to the agrologist in question, by registered or certified mail, a notice in accordance with the form in Schedule 2.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, where the sending of a notice to the agrologist could jeopardize the objects for which a special inquiry is to be held, the committee may authorize an investigator to make such inquiry without such notice.