{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Registration appeals proceedings: when a hearing is not necessary",
  "text": "(1) A registration appeal before a registration appeals panel may be determined without a hearing if—\n(a) the parties agree in writing that the proceedings may be determined without a hearing, and\n(b) the registration appeals panel decides that it is not necessary to hold a hearing.\n(2) Where in accordance with paragraph (1) proceedings are determined without a hearing—\n(a) the registration appeals panel’s final decision may be made by the chair of the panel;\n(b) at any stage during the proceedings the registration appeals panel or the chair of the panel may require a registration appeals hearing to be held.\n(3) SCW may by rules make provision about the steps which may or must be taken by the parties or a registration appeals panel to enable the panel to reach a decision as to whether it is necessary to hold a hearing.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}