{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-rules-1995/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1053",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Rules 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-rules-1995",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Failure of parties to the investigation to attend any hearing",
  "text": "(1) If a party to the investigation fails to attend or be represented at a hearing of which he has been duly notified, the Pensions Ombudsman may—\n(a) conduct the hearing and determine the complaint or dispute in the party’s absence;\nor\n(b) adjourn the hearing.\n(2) Before deciding to dispose of any case in the absence of a party, the Pensions Ombudsman shall consider any representations in writing submitted by that party in response to the notice of hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1053/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:10:55.305839+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}