5.02. (1) At least 5 clear days before the date of a special inquiry, the committee shall, through its secretary, send a notice in the form prescribed by Schedule B, by registered mail, to the forest engineer in question.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection 1, where the sending of a notice to the forest engineer 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.