Consumer Credit Act 1974

Rules on procedure U.K.

10 Rules may include, amongst other things, provision—

(a) about the withdrawal of appeals;

(b) about persons who may appear on behalf of a party to an appeal;

(c) about how an appeal is to be dealt with if a person acting as member of the Tribunal in respect of the appeal becomes unable to act;

(d) setting time limits in relation to anything that is to be done for the purposes of an appeal or for such limits to be set by the Tribunal or a member of the panel of chairmen;

(e) for time limits (including the period specified for the purposes of section 41(1) of this Act) to be extended by the Tribunal or a member of the panel of chairmen;

(f) conferring powers on the Tribunal or a member of the panel of chairmen to give such directions to the parties to an appeal as it or he thinks fit for purposes connected with the conduct and disposal of the appeal;

(g) about the holding of hearings by the Tribunal or a member of the panel of chairmen (including for such hearings to be held in private);

(h) placing restrictions on the disclosure of information and documents or for such restrictions to be imposed by the Tribunal or a member of the panel of chairmen;

(i) about the consequences of a failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under any rule (including for the immediate dismissal or allowing of an appeal if the Tribunal or a member of the panel of chairmen thinks fit);

(j) for proceedings on different appeals (including appeals with different appellants) to take place concurrently;

(k) for the suspension of determinations of the OFT;

(l) for the suspension of decisions of the Tribunal;

(m) for the Tribunal to reconsider its decision disposing of an appeal where it has reason to believe that the decision was wrongly made because of an administrative error made by a member of its staff.