Rule 25 Date and notice period of oral hearingI1
Scotland
Subject to paragraph (2), and unless the parties otherwise agree to a shorter period, the oral hearing panel must give the parties and any person authorised to attend a hearing under rule 26, 27(3), 29 or 30 not less than 15 working days’ notice of the date and time at which the hearing will be held, together with such other information about the hearing as is necessary to enable those persons to attend the hearing.
Unless the parties otherwise agree, the oral hearing must take place no earlier than 15 working days after the expiry of the period during which the person concerned may submit written representations under rule 10.
The chairperson of the panel may vary any notice provided under paragraph (1) to provide for the oral hearing to take place on a later date, and must give the persons notified under that paragraph at least 5 working days’ notice of the replacement date.
The panel may adjourn an oral hearing and—
in a case where the date, time and place for the hearing to continue are announced before the adjournment, no further notice will be required,
in any other case, the panel must give the persons notified under paragraph (1) no less than 5 working days’ notice of the date, time and place for the hearing to continue.