Article 18 Northern Irish and Scottish cases

Any hearing or oral representations under rule 7(2), 9 or 17 and any examination of a witness under rule 8(1)(a) shall, in a Scottish case or a Northern Irish case, be made or held in Scotland or Northern Ireland as the case may be unless the applicant, or if there is more than one applicant all of them, consents to any such hearing or examination taking place elsewhere.