{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-rented-housing-panel-applications-and-determinations-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-rented-housing-panel-applications-and-determinations-scotland-regulations-2007/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2007/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Rented Housing Panel (Applications and Determinations) (Scotland) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-rented-housing-panel-applications-and-determinations-scotland-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Adjournment",
  "text": "(1) Where a party applies for an adjournment of a hearing of an application, he or she must–\n(a) if practicable, notify all other parties of the application for adjournment;\n(b) show good reason why an adjournment is necessary; and\n(c) produce evidence of any fact or matter relied upon in support of the application for adjournment.\n(2) The Committee must not adjourn a hearing of an application at the request of any party unless satisfied that the application cannot otherwise be justly determined.\n(3) The Committee must not, in particular, adjourn a hearing on the application of a party in order to allow the party more time to produce evidence, unless satisfied that–\n(a) the evidence relates to a matter in dispute;\n(b) it would be unjust to determine the case without permitting the party a further opportunity to produce the evidence; and\n(c) where the party has failed to comply with directions for the production of the evidence, he or she has provided a satisfactory explanation for that failure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/173/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:31.137912+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."
}