{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2003/article-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2003/article-44.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/652",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/44",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Hearing of appeal in absence of a party",
  "text": "(1) An adjudicator or the Tribunal must hear an appeal in the absence of a party or his representative, if satisfied that the party or his representative—\n(a) has been given notice of the date, time and place of the hearing; and\n(b) has given no satisfactory explanation for his absence.\n(2) Where paragraph (1) does not apply, an adjudicator or the Tribunal may hear an appeal in the absence of a party if satisfied that—\n(a) a representative of the party is present at the hearing;\n(b) the party is outside the United Kingdom;\n(c) the party is suffering from a communicable disease or there is a risk of him behaving in a violent or disorderly manner;\n(d) the party is unable to attend the hearing because of illness, accident or some other good reason;\n(e) the party is unrepresented and it is impracticable to give him notice of the hearing; or\n(f) the party has notified the appellate authority that he does not wish to attend the hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/652/article/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:29:19.190656+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."
}