{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-appeals-regulations-2005/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-appeals-regulations-2005/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/011073517X",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Assistance Scheme (Appeals) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-financial-assistance-scheme-appeals-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Request for oral hearing: general",
  "text": "(1) The following persons may request the Ombudsman to hold an oral hearing in relation to an appeal—\n(a) a party to an appeal; and\n(b) where the appeal relates to a scheme notification decision or a scheme eligibility decision, any other interested person in relation to the appeal.\n(2) A request to the Ombudsman to hold an oral hearing must be made in writing.\n(3) A request for an oral hearing made by a party to the appeal, or, if applicable, the party’s representative, must be sent to the Ombudsman before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the Ombudsman sent an acknowledgment of receipt of notice of appeal to that party under regulation 7.\n(4) Where an appeal relates to a scheme notification decision or a scheme eligibility decision, any request for an oral hearing made by an interested person who is not a party to the appeal must be sent to the Ombudsman within the period specified by the Ombudsman in the publicity given under regulation 7(1)(b).\n(5) Paragraph (6) applies to a person who has received a reply from the Ombudsman under regulation 12(3) or 26(3) stating that the Ombudsman is satisfied that that person is an interested person in relation to the appeal.\n(6) A request for an oral hearing made by a person to whom this paragraph applies must be sent to the Ombudsman before the end of—\n(a) the period specified in paragraph (4); or\n(b) the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the Ombudsman sent the reply under regulation 12(3) or 26(3) to that person,\nwhichever is later.\n(7) If the Ombudsman decides to refuse a request for an oral hearing, he must give written reasons for his refusal to the party or interested person making the request.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/011073517X/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:57.814608+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."
}