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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-medicines-price-control-appeals-regulations-2000/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-medicines-price-control-appeals-regulations-2000/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/124",
  "legislation_title": "The Health Service Medicines (Price Control Appeals) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-medicines-price-control-appeals-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Hearing to be in public",
  "text": "(1) The hearing must be in public except where the tribunal is satisfied that, because the subject matter to be considered by the tribunal–\n(a) relates to intimate personal or financial circumstances, is commercially sensitive, or consists of information communicated or obtained in confidence; or\n(b) is a matter whose disclosure would be contrary to the interests of national security\nor for any other reason, it is fair and reasonable for the hearing, or any part of the hearing, to be conducted in private.\n(2) Whether or not the hearing is held in public, a member of the Council on Tribunals or its Scottish Committee is entitled to attend the hearing and may remain present during the deliberations of the tribunal, but must not take part in the deliberations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/384",
      "affecting_title": "The Health Service Medicines (Price Control Penalties and Price Control Appeals Amendment) Regulations 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/124/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:31.995517+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}