# The Building Societies Appeal Tribunal Regulations 1987, Regulation 10: Preliminary hearing


(1) The secretary shall send to the appellant and the Commission and, in the case of an appeal under section 46(2) of the Act, the building society concerned a notice informing them of the time and place of the preliminary hearing which, unless the appellant and the Commission otherwise agree, shall be–
(i) not earlier than 21 days and not later than 35 days after the date of receipt by the secretary of the notice of appeal; and
(ii) not earlier than 5 days after the date on which the notice is sent.
(2) The preliminary hearing shall be in private and shall be heard by the chairman.
(3) The appellant and the Commission and, in the case of an appeal under section 46(2) of the Act, the building society concerned may appear at the preliminary hearing and may be represented by counsel or solicitor or by any other person.
(4) At the preliminary hearing the chairman shall give such directions as he considers necessary or desirable for the conduct of the appeal and shall fix the date for the hearing.
(5) Notwithstanding that the preliminary hearing shall be in private, the other members of the Tribunal may attend and a member of the Council on Tribunals or the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals may attend in his capacity as such.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/891/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-appeal-tribunal-regulations-1987/regulation-10
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