Regulation 7 Avoidance of double jeopardy

Where two or more competent persons may have concurrent jurisdiction in relation to a case, no competent person shall exercise any prescribed functions in relation to that case before agreement has been reached in accordance with regulation 5(3) or a determination has been made in accordance with regulation 6(3)(a) above as to which competent person is to exercise prescribed functions in relation to a case.

Subject to regulation 8 below, once agreement has been reached in accordance with regulation 5(3) or a determination has been made in accordance with regulation 6(3)(a) above as to which competent person is to exercise prescribed functions in relation to a case, no other competent person shall exercise any of the prescribed functions in relation to that case.