{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-appeals-tribunals-rules-2020/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-appeals-tribunals-rules-2020/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-appeals-tribunals-rules-2020",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Determination of an appeal",
  "text": "(1) Where an appeal has not been dismissed under rule 15, the chair must determine whether the appeal should be dealt with at a hearing.\n(2) The chair may determine that the appeal should be dealt with without a hearing, but only if the appellant has so consented.\n(3) Where the appeal is to be dealt with at a hearing—\n(a) rules 17 to 26 apply, and\n(b) the chair must give the appellant and the respondent the chair's name and contact details.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 16 in force at 1.2.2020, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:35:06.674662+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."
}