Paragraph 24B F1

(1)

A local authority may determine that a hearing is to be held—

(a)

in person,

(b)

wholly through the use of remote facilities, or

(c)

partly in person and partly through the use of remote facilities.

(2)

When determining how a hearing is to be held, a local authority must take account of any views given on that issue by any person who notifies the authority of an intention to participate in the hearing.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (1), “remote facilities” means any equipment or facility which—

(a)

enables persons who are not in the same place to participate in the hearing, and

(b)

enables those persons to speak to and be heard by each other (whether or not it enables those persons to see and be seen by each other).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 24B and cross-heading inserted (1.10.2022) by Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 (asp 8), ss. 30(3), 59(1)