# The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 12 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999, Paragraph 3


(1) Notwithstanding regulation 39 and Chapter III of Part V of the Regulations, this paragraph applies where a direction (“the direction") was given under regulation 4(1) of the 1997 Regulations.
(2) An appeal tribunal shall hold an oral hearing of an appeal if–
(a) sub-paragraph (3) below applies; or
(b) the chairman or, in the case of an appeal tribunal which has only one member, that member, is satisfied that such a hearing is necessary to enable the tribunal to reach a decision.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies where a notification that a party to the proceedings wishes an oral hearing to be held is received by a clerk to a medical appeal tribunal before 29th November 1999 or by a clerk to an appeal tribunal (notwithstanding that it was sent to a clerk to a medical appeal tribunal) after that date within–
(a) 10 days of receipt by that party of the direction; or
(b) such other period as–
(i) the clerk to, or the chairman of, the medical appeal tribunal may have directed; or
(ii) where head (i) above does not apply, a clerk to an appeal tribunal may direct.
(4) An appeal tribunal shall determine an appeal without an oral hearing where sub-paragraph (2) does not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3178/schedule/21/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-12-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/schedule-21/paragraph-3
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