{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-tribunal-regulations-2000/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-tribunal-regulations-2000/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2619",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Children Act Tribunal Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-tribunal-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Fixing and notification of hearing",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary must fix a date for a hearing to determine the application unless the applicant has requested in writing that his application be determined without a hearing.\n(2) The Secretary must notify the parties in writing informing them of the time and place of the hearing no less than 15 working days before the date fixed for the hearing.\n(3) The Secretary may alter the time and place of the hearing—\n(a) where both the applicant and the respondent agree, or\n(b) in any other case, provided that the altered date for the hearing is not earlier than the original date,\nbut if she does she must without delay inform the parties in writing of the alteration.\n(4) If the Tribunal adjourns the hearing, then—\n(a) if the time and place of the resumed hearing were announced by the chairman before the adjournment, no further notice to the parties is required, but\n(b) otherwise, the Secretary must without delay inform the parties in writing of the time and place of the resumed hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2619/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:16:08.427152+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."
}