{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-licensing-appeals-regulations-1998/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-licensing-appeals-regulations-1998/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1203",
  "legislation_title": "The Consumer Credit Licensing (Appeals) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consumer-credit-licensing-appeals-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Procedure at the hearing",
  "text": "(1) At the beginning of the hearing the appointed person or, if more than one has been appointed, the appointed person who is to preside—\n(a) must explain the order of proceedings which he proposes to adopt,\n(b) must conduct the hearing in the manner which he considers most suitable to the clarification and resolution of the issues in dispute before him and to the fair handling of the proceedings, and\n(c) shall, so far as appears appropriate, seek to avoid formality in the proceedings.\n(2) The appellant and the Director may appear at the hearing and may be represented or assisted by any person.\n(3) If the appellant or the Director fails to attend or be represented at the hearing, the appointed person may hear the other party or his representative and proceed to prepare his report in accordance with regulation 21.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the appellant and the Director are entitled to give evidence, to call witnesses, to question any witnesses and to address the appointed person both on the evidence and generally on the subject matter of the appeal.\n(5) The appointed person or, if more than one has been appointed, the appointed person who is to preside, may at any point in the hearing—\n(a) limit the rights of either party under paragraph (4), provided that he is satisfied that to do so will not prevent the appeal from being decided fairly; and\n(b) adjourn the hearing, but must not do so unless he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order for the appeal to be decided fairly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1203/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:10.716643+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}