If the Committe has decided to proceed with the hearing the Chairman shall invite the Solicitor to open the case and to present the evidence by reason of which it is alleged that the osteopath’s fitness to practise is seriously impaired.

If in any case before the opening of the hearing the Solicitor or the osteopath has indicated that he requires that all or part of the information or reports be supported by oral evidence, then the persons on whose testimony or opinions such information or reports depend shall be called as witnesses.

Such witnesses shall be examined by the Solicitor, may be cross-examined by the osteopath or his representative, and may be questioned by the Committee, by any medical assessor and by the legal assessor.