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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-13/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/406",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-offshore-safety-directive-safety-case-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Before the determination of an appeal, the appointed person shall ask the parties whether they wish to appear and be heard on the appeal and—\n(a) the appeal may be determined without a hearing of the parties if both of them express a wish not to be heard; or\n(b) the appointed person shall, if either party expresses a wish to appear and be heard, afford both of them an opportunity of so doing, in which case the provisions of Part 2 of this Schedule apply.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "Sch. 13 para. 3 in operation at 19.12.2016, see reg. 1"
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  },
  "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."
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