{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-tribunal-enforcement-appeals-rules-2005/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Information Tribunal (Enforcement Appeals) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/information-tribunal-enforcement-appeals-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Determination of appeal without a hearing",
  "text": "(1) Subject to these Rules, the Tribunal may determine an appeal without a hearing.\n(2) Where a party makes a request for a hearing, the Tribunal shall grant the request unless it is satisfied that the appeal can properly be determined without a hearing.\n(3) Where the Tribunal decides to refuse a request for a hearing, it shall send written notice to the party making the request either before or at the same time as it makes its decision.\n(4) A notice sent under paragraph (3) above shall specify the Tribunal’s reasons for refusing the request.\n(5) The Tribunal may of its own motion and at any stage of an appeal, direct a hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/22",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/14/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:12:04.682502+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."
}