# The General Dental Council (Registration Appeals) Rules Order of Council 2006, Paragraph 14: Conduct of hearing


(1) The Committee shall hear an appeal in public unless they are satisfied that, in the interests of justice or for the protection of the private or family life of the appellant or of any other person, the public should be excluded from all or part of the hearing.
(2) The parties may be represented at the hearing by—
(a) a barrister or solicitor;
(b) in the case of the appellant, a professional colleague, any officer or member of any organisation of which he is a member or any member of his family, whether or not legally qualified;
(c) in the case of the registrar, an employee of the Council, whether or not legally qualified.
(3) The Committee may exclude from the whole or any part of a hearing any person (including a party or his representative) whose conduct, in the Committee’s opinion, has disrupted or is likely to disrupt the proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1668/schedule/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-dental-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2006/schedule/paragraph-14
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