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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-redress-board-applications-and-appeals-rules-northern-ireland-2020/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2020/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Historical Institutional Abuse Redress Board (Applications and Appeals) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/historical-institutional-abuse-redress-board-applications-and-appeals-rules-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Case management",
  "text": "(1) A panel appointed under section 8 of the Act to determine an application for compensation under the Act—\n(a) may adjourn or postpone an oral hearing;\n(b) may transfer the application to a different panel appointed under section 8 of the Act;\n(c) may give whatever other directions, and may take whatever other steps, it considers necessary for managing the application and securing its efficient determination.\n(2) A power under paragraph (1) may be exercised on behalf of the panel by the chair acting alone.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/50/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:25.611782+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."
}