PART 2 APPEALS: FUNCTIONS OF THE VTE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

6 Appeal management powers
1 Subject to the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 11 to the 1988 Act and of these Regulations, the VTE may regulate its own procedure.
See paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 15 to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Housing Act 2007 (c.28).
2 The VTE may give a direction in relation to the conduct or disposal of proceedings at any time, including a direction amending, suspending or setting aside an earlier direction.
3 In particular, and without restricting the general powers in paragraphs (1) and (2), the VTE may—
(a) extend or shorten the time for complying with any regulation or direction;
(b) consolidate or hear together two or more sets of proceedings or parts of proceedings raising common issues, or treat an appeal as a lead appeal (whether in accordance with regulation 7 or otherwise);
(c) permit or require a party to amend a document;
(d) permit or require a party or another person to provide documents, evidence, information, or submissions to the VTE or a party;
(e) deal with an issue in proceedings as a preliminary issue;
(f) hold a hearing to consider any matter, including a case management issue;
(g) decide the form of any hearing;
(h) adjourn or postpone a hearing;
(i) require a party to produce a bundle for a hearing;
(j) stay proceedings; or
(k) suspend the effect of its own decision pending the determination by the Upper Tribunal or a court of an application for permission to appeal against, and any appeal against or review of, that decision.
The Upper Tribunal has replaced the Lands Tribunal; seeS.I. 2009/1307.