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Article 13 Directions for hearing

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(1)

After the expiration of the time prescribed for the service of lists of documents under paragraph (1) of rule 9, the registrar shall lay before the tribunal copies of—

(a)

the statement of refusal;

(b)

the notice of appeal;

(c)

all pleadings and rule 9 documents;

and all other documents which are relevant to the appeal.

(2)

The tribunal (or the registrar so far as he has been authorised by the tribunal to determine any matter under this paragraph) shall appoint a time and place for the hearing of the appeal and shall give such further directions as it or he thinks fit.

(3)
(a)

At any time before the hearing of the appeal either party may apply to the tribunal (or, if the application is made before the hearing of the appeal and the registrar has been authorised by the tribunal to determine such applications, to the registrar) for a postponement or adjournment of the hearing, and on any such application the tribunal or the registrar may postpone or adjourn the hearing of the appeal to such date as it or he may specify.

(b)

The tribunal may at any time, of its own motion, postpone or adjourn the hearing of the appeal to such date as it may specify.

(4)

The registrar shall serve on each party copies of all orders and directions made or given under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule.

(5)

The registrar shall serve on each party and each other person directed to attend or to produce a document at the hearing of the appeal under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) of rule 12—

(a)

not less than twenty-one days' notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing of the appeal under paragraph (2) of this rule; and

(b)

notice of any later date specified for the hearing of the appeal under paragraph (3) of this rule.