Regulation 17 Procedure on receipt of noticeI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The member concerned shall be invited to state in writing, within 14 days of the date on which he is notified that the last of the documents required by regulation 13(1) to be supplied to him have been so supplied—

(a)

whether or not he accepts that his conduct did not meet the appropriate standard laid out in the Code of Conduct;

(b)

in a case where regulation 16 applies, whether he wishes to be legally represented at the hearing;

(c)

whether he proposes to call any witnesses to relevant facts at the hearing and the names and addresses of any such witnesses whose attendance he wishes the supervising member to take steps to secure.

(2)

Any witness whose attendance the member concerned wishes the supervising member to take steps to secure and who is a member shall be ordered to attend at the hearing of the case, and the supervising member, where so requested, shall cause any other such witnesses to be given due notice that their attendance is desired and of the time and place of the hearing.

(3)

Nothing in this regulation shall require a hearing to be adjourned where a witness is unable or unwilling to attend the hearing.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 17 in operation at 6.11.2000, see reg. 1