Failure to attend a hearing
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29.—(1) If a party who is due to attend any hearing fails to attend or be represented, the adjudicator may, if satisfied that there is no sufficient reason for the absence—
(a)hear and determine the appeal in the party’s absence; or
(b)(i)adjourn the hearing; and
(ii)give such directions as the adjudicator considers necessary.
(2) Where a party can subsequently show sufficient reason for not attending or being represented at a hearing at which the adjudicator proceeded in the party’s absence, that party may request the adjudicator’s permission to have the hearing re-opened.