# The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Disability Claims Procedure) Rules 2011 (revoked) S.S.I. 2011/104 · made 10 February 2011 · revised to 12 January 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-needs-tribunals-for-scotland-disability-claims-procedure-rules-2011-revoked/pdf/ssi_20110104_en.pdf; Executive Note https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-needs-tribunals-for-scotland-disability-claims-procedure-rules-2011-revoked/pdf/ssien_20110104_en.pdf ## Introductory text Education Made 10th February 2011 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 15th February 2011 Coming into force in accordance with rule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The overriding objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Application by Tribunal of the overriding objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: START OF PROCEEDINGS ## 5 Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Action upon receiving a claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Sufficiency of reasons for claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Case statement period and statement of claimant’s case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Distribution of documents by Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Withdrawal of claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Withdrawal of opposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: MANAGEMENT POWERS OF TRIBUNALS ## 13 Preliminary matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Suspension of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Varying or setting aside of directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Failure to comply with a direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Power to dismiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Extension of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Consolidation of claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Consolidation of hearings of claims and references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: EVIDENCE ## 22 Recovery of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Witnesses and citation of witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Expert evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Specified individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: HEARINGS AND DECISIONS ## 26 Notice of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Power to decide claim without hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Attendance at hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Conduct of the hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Evidence at hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Postponement of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Adjournment of hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Late evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Restricted reporting orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Failure of parties to attend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Decisions on claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Orders of the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: MISCELLANEOUS ## 41 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Change of responsible body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Power to exercise functions of a convener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Power to exercise functions of members other than conveners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Irregularities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Proof of documents and certification of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Manner and time of service of notices etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Signature of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/104 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-support-needs-tribunals-for-scotland-disability-claims-procedure-rules-2011-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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