# The National Health Service (Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 4


The chairman of the Tribunal who presides over the inquiry may by notice require any person–
(a) to attend at the time and place set forth in the notice, to give evidence or to produce any books or documents in that person’s custody or under that person’s control which relate to any matter in question at the inquiry; or
(b) to furnish within such reasonable period as is specified in the notice such information relating to any matter in question at the inquiry as the chairman of the Tribunal who presides over the inquiry may think fit, and as the person so required is able to furnish; but–
(i) no person shall be required in obedience to such a notice to attend at any place which is more than 10 miles from the place where that person resides unless the necessary expenses are paid or tendered to that person; and
(ii) nothing in this paragraph shall empower the chairman to require any person to produce any book or document or to answer any question which that person would be entitled, on the ground of privilege or confidentiality, to refuse to produce or to answer if the hearing were a proceeding in a court of law.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/38/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-tribunal-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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