# The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2005, Article 75: Relief from failure to comply with the Rules


(1) Where before the Tribunal has decided a case, a relevant person has failed to comply with any provision of these Rules, which is shown to be due to mistake, oversight or other excusable cause, the Tribunal may–
(a) relieve the relevant person from the consequences of that failure; and
(b) give any direction as it thinks fit.
(2) In particular, where it considers that any relevant person may have been prejudiced by such failure, the Tribunal may take any necessary steps including the amendment of any document, the giving of any notice or otherwise, to enable the case to proceed as if the failure to comply with the provision had not occurred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/420/article/75 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mental-health-tribunal-for-scotland-practice-and-procedure-rules-2005/article-75
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