# The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974, Article 10: Tribunal to sit in public


(1) The tribunal shall sit in public unless it appears to them that there are exceptional reasons which make it desirable that the hearing or any part of it should take place in private.
(2) Nothing in this rule shall prevent a member of the Council on Tribunals or of the Scottish Committee of the Council from attending a hearing in private in his capacity as such.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1136/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974/article-10
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