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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-charity-appeals-panel-rules-2006/article-14",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/571",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Charity Appeals Panel Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-charity-appeals-panel-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Exclusion of persons disrupting proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to any other powers it may have, the Panel may exclude from any hearing, or part of it, any person (including a party to the appeal or a representative of a party) whose conduct has disrupted the hearing or whose conduct has otherwise interfered with the administration of justice.\n(2) In deciding whether to exercise the power conferred by paragraph (1) the Panel must, apart from other considerations, have regard to–\n(a) the interests of the parties; and\n(b) in the case of the exclusion of a party or a representative of a party, whether the party will be adequately represented.\n(3) If the Panel decides to exclude a party it must allow the representative of that party sufficient opportunity to consult the party.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/571/article/14",
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  "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."
}