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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-tribunal-regulations-2000/regulation-26",
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  "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/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Hearing to be in public",
  "text": "(1) The hearing must be in public except where a direction has been made under regulation 25 that the press and public shall be excluded.\n(2) Whether or not the hearing is held in public—\n(a) a member of the Council on Tribunals;\n(b) the President; and\n(c) the clerk,\nare entitled to attend the hearing.\n(3) Whether or not the hearing is held in public—\n(a) a member of the Council on Tribunals, and\n(b) the President,\nmay remain present during the Tribunal’s deliberations, but must not take part in the deliberations.",
  "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/26",
    "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."
}