Article 14 Hearing

An NCIS appeals tribunal may determine a case without a hearing but shall not decide to do so unless both the appellant and the respondent have been afforded an opportunity to make written or, if either so requests, oral representations and any such representations have been considered.

Where a hearing is held, the appellant shall have the right to appear by a serving member of a police force, a police member of NCIS or the National Crime Squad, by counsel or a solicitor; and the respondent shall have the right to appear by an officer of NCIS, by the clerk or other officer of the NCIS Service Authority, by counsel or a solicitor.

Paragraph (2) shall apply to any hearing of oral representations under paragraph (1).