PART 7Powers, procedure and administration
CHAPTER 2Practice and procedure
Particular matters
72Hearings 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.