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Article 75 Address to the court

(1)

If the appeal is an appeal against finding, and without prejudice to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Director and the appellant may each address the court once with respect to the case against the appellant on the charges being heard by the court.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)

the Director shall address the court immediately before adducing any evidence; and

(b)

the appellant shall address the court immediately after the close of his own case or, where there is more than one appellant, after the close of the case for all of the appellants.

(3)

The Director or appellant may with the leave of the court address it at any time during the hearing on any matter relating to the appeal or the charges which are being heard by the court.

(4)

The court shall not exercise its powers under section 147(1)(b) to substitute another finding without affording the appellant and the Director the opportunity to address it on the exercise of those powers in the particular case.