# The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Amendment Regulations 1990, Regulation 23: Amendment of regulation 48 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 48 of the principal Regulations (procedure on appeal from Tribunal)–
(a) in paragraph (2), for the figure “33”, there shall be substituted the figure “31”;
(b) after paragraph (2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–
“(2A) Where an appellant to whom notice of a hearing has been given in accordance with regulation 34(1) (as modified pursuant to paragraph (2) of this regulation) fails to appear at the hearing, the person hearing the appeal may, after having regard to all the circumstances including any explanation offered for the absence, proceed to hear the appeal notwithstanding the absence.”;
(c) in paragraph (4), for the words ““Secretary of State”” there shall be substituted the words ““Secretary of State or the person appointed by him to hear the appeal””.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/538/regulation/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-service-committees-and-tribunal-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-23
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