{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-appeals-procedure-rules-2000/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-support-appeals-procedure-rules-2000/article-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Hearing of appeal in absence of either party",
  "text": "(1) If an appellant has indicated in his notice of appeal that he does not want to attend, or be represented at, an oral hearing, the hearing may proceed in his absence.\n(2) Where:\n(a) an appellant has indicated in his notice of appeal that he wants to attend, or be represented at, an oral hearing;\n(b) he has been notified of the date, time and place of the hearing in accordance with rule 7; and\n(c) neither he nor his representative (if he has one) attends the hearing;\nthe hearing may proceed in his absence.\n(3) Where neither the Secretary of State nor his representative (if he has one) attends the hearing, it may proceed in his absence.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}