{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2016/1100",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Care Wales (Proceedings before Panels) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Registration appeals hearings: procedure",
  "text": "(1) An appellant is entitled to be represented in a registration appeals hearing by—\n(a) a solicitor or counsel,\n(b) a representative from any professional organisation, or\n(c) if the registration appeals panel agrees, any other person.\n(2) The parties are entitled to give evidence.\n(3) A person representing or advising the appellant may not give evidence.\n(4) A registration appeals hearing may proceed even if the appellant is not present and not represented, if the registration appeals panel is satisfied that all reasonable efforts have been made to give notice of the hearing to the appellant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 3.4.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/1100/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:42.430031+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."
}