Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014

72 Hearings 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.