{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-appeals-arrangements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-appeals-arrangements-england-regulations-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/9",
  "legislation_title": "The School Admissions (Appeals Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-admissions-appeals-arrangements-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appeal hearings",
  "text": "(1) An appeal panel may decide to hold an appeal hearing using remote access provided—\n(a) the parties are able to present fully their case;\n(b) each participant has access to the electronic means to allow them to hear and be heard and (where using a live video link) see and be seen, throughout the appeal hearing; and\n(c) the panel considers that the appeal is capable of being heard fairly and transparently.\n(2) Where any of the conditions prescribed in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c) are not met, an appeal panel may make their decision on the appeal based on the written information submitted.\n(3) Where sub-paragraph (2) applies, the appeal panel must ensure that the parties are able to present fully their case, in order for the panel to make a decision on the appeal which is fair and transparent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (temp.) (24.4.2020) by virtue of The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/446), regs. 1, 11 (with regs. 2, 3(2), 4, 5); (as amended (31.1.2021) by The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/14), regs. 1, 2 and (7.7.2022) by The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/662), regs. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 amendment to transitional provisions of earlier amending S.I. 2020/446 (E.) (31.1.2021) by The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/14), regs. 1, 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/9/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:36.398612+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."
}