The committee must allow parties no less than 5 working days when requiring them to produce documents or information.

The committee must not consider any written evidence which is lodged or served outwith a time limit it has set unless satisfied that there are good reasons to do so.

Where a party seeks to rely on a copy of a document as evidence, the committee may require the original document to be produced.

The committee may allow evidence to be heard on any matter the committee considers to be relevant whether or not this matter has been specified in the written representations.