PART 4PROCEDURE OF APPEAL PANELS
Determination without oral hearing26
1
An appeal panel shall take its decision on an appeal without hearing oral representations, except as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
The presiding member shall direct an oral hearing if, and only if, they consider it necessary to receive oral representations in accordance with paragraph (3).
3
Before allowing an oral hearing of an appeal under paragraph (2), the presiding member must be satisfied that the case which is the subject-matter of the appeal—
a
would establish or uphold and develop new and important legal principles;
b
would have an unprecedented impact in its consequences for the appellant and be of direct benefit to society at large; or
c
is, in terms of its complexity and expected duration, distinct from other cases.
4
In this regulation, “decision” includes determinations embodied in or necessary to a decision.