# Housing Act 2004, Paragraph 10


(1) Procedure regulations may include provision for the determination of applications, appeals or transferred proceedings without an oral hearing.
(2) Procedure regulations may include provision enabling a single qualified member of the panel to decide whether an oral hearing is appropriate in a particular case.
(3) Procedure regulations may provide for a single qualified member of the panel to make determinations without an oral hearing.
(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) a person is a qualified member of the panel if he was appointed to it by the Lord Chancellor; and
(b) “the panel” means the panel provided for in Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/schedule/13/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004/schedule-13/paragraph-10
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