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Article 17 Failure to comply with a direction

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(1)

If any direction given to a party under rule 15 is not complied with by that party within any period specified in the direction, a convener or a Tribunal at a hearing, may–

(a)

where the party in default is the appellant, dismiss the reference either in whole or in part;

(b)

where the party in default is the authority, determine the reference without a hearing; or

(c)

where appropriate, direct that a party in default take no further part in the proceedings.

(2)

In this rule the expression “party in default” means the party who failed to comply with the direction.