PART 7Powers, procedure and administration

CHAPTER 2Practice and procedure

Particular matters

I172Hearings in cases

1

Tribunal Rules may make provision about hearings in a case before the Scottish Tribunals.

2

Rules making provision as described in subsection (1) may (in particular)—

a

provide for certain matters to be dealt with—

i

without a hearing,

ii

at a private hearing,

iii

at a public hearing,

b

require notice to be given of a hearing (and for the timing of such notice),

c

specify persons who may—

i

appear on behalf of a party in a case,

ii

attend a hearing in order to provide support to a party or witness in a case,

d

specify circumstances in which particular persons may appear or be represented at a hearing,

e

specify circumstances in which a hearing may go ahead—

i

at the request of a party in a case despite no notice of it having been given to another party in the case,

ii

in the absence of a particular member chosen to exercise the function of deciding any matter in a case,

f

enable two or more sets of proceedings to be taken concurrently at a hearing in certain circumstances,

g

allow for an adjournment of a hearing for the purpose of giving the parties in a case an opportunity to use a process of negotiation, mediation, arbitration or adjudication for resolving a dispute to which the case relates,

h

allow for the imposition of reporting restrictions for particular reasons arising in a case.