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20.—(1) The parties to proceedings to be heard before the Fitness to Practise Committee shall be entitled to be heard at any hearing of those proceedings by the Committee.
(2) The parties shall be entitled to be represented at any such hearing by—
(a)a person with a general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990);
(b)an advocate in Scotland, or a solicitor entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary;
(c)a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland; or
(d)in the case of the registrant, any of the following—
(i)a representative of any professional organisation of which the registrant is a member,
(ii)where the registrant is a business registrant, a responsible officer of the body corporate, or
(iii)if the registrant so requests and the Fitness to Practise Committee agree, any other suitable person.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where an individual registrant is not represented, he may be accompanied and advised by any person, provided that such person shall not be entitled to address the Committee without their permission.
(4) A person who gives evidence at a hearing shall not, without the permission of the Fitness to Practise Committee, be entitled to represent or accompany the registrant at the hearing.
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