# The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct) Regulations 2009, Regulation 54: Attendance of others at special case hearing


(1) Subject to regulation 52 and this regulation, the special case hearing shall be in private.
(2) A person nominated by the Commission or Ombudsman (as the case may be) may attend a special case hearing which arises from a case to which—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, paragraph 17, 18 or 19 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (supervised, managed and independent investigations) applied, or paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Act (investigations by the appropriate authority) applied and in relation to which the Commission—
(i) made a recommendation under paragraph 20H(1) of that Schedule (special cases: recommendation or direction of Commission) which the appropriate authority accepted; or
(ii) gave a direction under paragraph 20H(7) of that Schedule (special cases: recommendation or direction of Commission); or
(b) in relation Northern Ireland, section 56, 57 or 59 of the 1998 Act applied.
(3) The person conducting or chairing the special case hearing may impose conditions relating to the attendance of persons under regulation 52 or this regulation at the special case hearing (including circumstances in which they may be excluded) in order to facilitate the proper conduct of the hearing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111486238/regulation/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ministry-of-defence-police-conduct-regulations-2009/regulation-54
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