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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-appeals-procedure-rules-2000/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Support Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-appeals-procedure-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Whether there should be an oral hearing",
  "text": "(1) The adjudicator must decide to hold an oral hearing:\n(a) where the appellant has requested an oral hearing in his notice of appeal; or\n(b) if the adjudicator considers that it is necessary for the appeal to be disposed of justly.\n(2) In all other cases, the appeal may be determined without an oral hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/2683",
      "affecting_title": "The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/541/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:42.219311+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}