# The Clergy Discipline Rules 2005, Rule 102A: Powers of the President


(1) Where any application, appeal or request is made to the President under these rules, the President—
(a) may give directions for the just disposal of the application, appeal or request in accordance with the overriding objective, and
(b) may hold a hearing, and if so shall give notice of the hearing to the parties and any other person whom the President considers should be notified.
(1A) The President may, on the President’s own initiative, give directions for the just disposal of an application, appeal or request in accordance with the overriding objective.
(2) Any hearing under paragraph (1)(b) shall be in private except where—
(a) the President is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to have a hearing in public, or
(b) the respondent so requests,
in which case the President shall direct that the hearing shall be in public, but during any part of the proceedings the President may exclude such person or persons as the President may determine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2022/rule/102A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-discipline-rules-2005/rule-102A
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