4.—(1) An appeal committee shall afford the appellant the opportunity of making representations including (if he so wishes) oral representations.
(2) The appeal committee shall afford the Head Teacher and a member of the relevant authority the opportunity of making written representations.
(3) Where in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above the appellant decides to appear before the appeal committee in order to make oral representations to them—
(a)they shall afford the Head Teacher and a member of the relevant authority the opportunity of appearing and making oral representations;
(b)they may allow the appellant to be accompanied by a friend or to be represented; and
(c)they may allow the relevant authority to be represented.
(4) In this paragraph, “the relevant authority” means the authority responsible for the decision or action against which the appeal is made.