Paragraph 8 Admission to a hearingI1

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a hearing shall be held in public.

(2)

The adjudicator may direct that the whole or any part of a hearing be held in private if he is satisfied that by reason of—

(a)

the likelihood of disclosure of intimate personal or financial circumstances;

(b)

the likelihood of disclosure of commercially sensitive information or information obtained in confidence; or

(c)

exceptional circumstances not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b);

it is just and reasonable for him so to do.

(3)

Where the hearing is in private the adjudicator may admit such persons as he considers appropriate.

F1(4)

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(5)

Without prejudice to any other powers he may have, an adjudicator may exclude from the hearing of an appeal, or part of it, any person whose conduct has disrupted or is likely, in the opinion of the adjudicator, to disrupt the hearing.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. para. 8(4) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2683), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 165

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 8 in force at 30.7.2001, see reg. 1