# The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008, Regulation 17: Persons who may be permitted to attend


(1) Subject to regulation 18, the president must obtain the consent of the convening authority before permitting a person to be present at the proceedings of the panel, other than as a witness.
(2) Where the president permits a person to be present at the proceedings of the panel, that permission shall—
(a) apply only to such part, or the whole, of those proceedings as the convening authority has agreed before the permission is given; and
(b) be subject to such conditions as the convening authority may reasonably impose when he gives his consent under paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1651/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-inquiries-regulations-2008/regulation-17
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