# Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Rules 2001, Article 15: Amendment to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Rules 1981


(1) In the Arrangement of Rules, after Rule 20 there shall be inserted the following—
“20A Appellant resident abroad.”.
(2) After Rule 20 there shall be added the following new rule—
“Appellant resident abroad
20A (1) This rule applies to an appeal where—
(a) an appellant is resident outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) his appeal ha been directed to be heard by a tribunal appointed for Northern Ireland.
(2) The appeal shall, subject to this rule, be heard in the absence of the appellant.
(3) When the appeal is ready for hearing, the Pensions Appeal Office shall notify the appellant and specify a period for the purposes of paragraph (4).
(4) The appellant may within that period request that the appeal should not be heard before a specified date on the ground that on that date he will be available to attend the appeal.
(5) The President may grant the request and may give such further directions for the hearing of the appeal as he thinks fit.
(6) In an entitlement appeal or an appeal against a specified decision the President may, and in an assessment appeal the President shall, unless he certifies that it is not practicable to do so, make arrangements for the appellant to be medically examined at some convenient place in the country in which he is resident.
(7) Where such an arrangement is made, the appeal shall not proceed until a medical report on the examination has been received in the Pensions Appeal Office and a copy has been sent to the appellant or his representative, and to the Secretary of State.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/109/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-northern-ireland-amendment-rules-2001/article-15
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