# The Education (Pupil Exclusions and Appeals) (Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2002, Paragraph 11: Procedure on an appeal


Appeals shall be heard in private except when the local education authority direct otherwise; but—
(a) if the panel so direct, one member of the local education authority may attend, as an observer, any hearing of an appeal by an appeal panel; and
(b) one member of the Council on Tribunals may attend, as an observer, any meeting of an appeal panel at which an appeal is considered.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3178/schedule/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-exclusions-and-appeals-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2002/schedule/paragraph-11
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