16(1)Tribunal rules may make provision for the carrying out by the Tribunal of a preliminary consideration of proceedings (a “pre-hearing review”).
(2)That provision may include—
(a)provision enabling such powers to be exercised on a pre-hearing review as may be specified in the rules;
(b)provision for security and supplemental provision relating to security.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b)—
(a)“provision for security” means provision authorising the Tribunal, in specified circumstances, to order a party to the proceedings, if he wishes to continue to participate in them, to pay a deposit not exceeding such sum as may be specified or calculated in a specified manner; and
(b)“supplemental provision”, in relation to security, means provision as to—
(i)the manner in which the amount of a deposit is to be determined;
(ii)the consequences of non-payment of a deposit;
(iii)the circumstances in which the deposit, or any part of it, may be refunded to the person who paid it or paid to another party to the proceedings.