# The Pavement Parking Prohibition (Exemption Orders Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2022, Regulation 8: Procedure at hearing


(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the procedure at a hearing is as the reporter determines.
(2) The reporter is, having considered any submission by the persons entitled to appear at the hearing, to state at the commencement of the hearing the procedure the reporter proposes to adopt.
(3) Any person entitled to appear at the hearing may do so on their own behalf or be represented by another person.
(4) Where there are two or more persons having a similar interest in the issues being considered at the hearing, the reporter may allow one or more person to appear on behalf of some or all of those persons.
(5) A hearing is to take the form of a discussion led by the reporter and cross‑examination is not permitted.
(6) The reporter may from time to time adjourn the hearing and, if the date, time and place of the adjourned hearing are announced before the adjournment, no further notice is required, otherwise regulation 7 applies as it applies to the variation of the date, time or place at which a hearing session is to be held.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2022/9780111055472/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pavement-parking-prohibition-exemption-orders-procedure-scotland-regulations-2022/regulation-8
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