Procedure at hearingU.K.
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64.—(1) At the beginning of any hearing the CAA must explain the manner and order of proceeding, having regard to any applicable burden and standard of proof and rules of evidence.
(2) The CAA may conduct the hearing in the manner it considers most suitable—
(a)to the clarification of the issues before it; and
(b)to enable the CAA, with the assistance of the person concerned (or their representative) and the CAA employee responsible for the proposal, to deal with the case fairly and justly;
seeking to avoid, where appropriate, formality and inflexibility in its proceedings.
(3) The CAA may consider evidence of any fact which seems to the CAA to be relevant even if the evidence would be inadmissible in proceedings before a court of law.