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33.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after any list of proposed witnesses has been—
(a)agreed under regulation 32(5); or
(b)supplied under regulation 32(6),
the appropriate authority must supply that list to the panel chair together, in the latter case, with a list of its proposed witnesses.
(2) The panel chair must—
(a)consider the list or lists of proposed witnesses; and
(b)subject to paragraph (3), determine which, if any, witnesses should attend the third stage meeting.
(3) The panel chair may determine that witnesses not named in any list of proposed witnesses should attend the third stage meeting.
(4) No witness may give evidence at a third stage meeting unless the panel chair reasonably believes that it is necessary in the interests of fairness for the witness to do so, in which case the panel chair must—
(a)where the witness is a police officer, cause that person to be ordered to attend the third stage meeting; and
(b)in any other case, cause the witness to be given notice that their attendance is necessary and of the date, time and place of the meeting.
(5) The panel chair may determine that witnesses should be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses and any such expenses are to be met out of Ministry of Defence funds.
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