{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-commissioners-procedure-tax-credits-appeals-regulations-2002/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-commissioners-procedure-tax-credits-appeals-regulations-2002/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3237",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) (Tax Credits Appeals) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-commissioners-procedure-tax-credits-appeals-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Requests for hearings",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), a Commissioner may determine any proceedings without a hearing.\n(2) In appeals against a determination in penalty proceedings, where a request for a hearing is made by the party on whom the penalty has been imposed, a Commissioner shall grant the request.\n(3) Where a request for a hearing is made by any party other than as provided by paragraph (2), a Commissioner shall grant the request unless he is satisfied that the proceedings can properly be determined without a hearing.\n(4) Where a Commissioner refuses a request for a hearing, he shall send written notice to the person making the request, either before or at the same time as making his determination or decision.\n(5) A Commissioner may, without an application and at any stage, direct a hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3237/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:34:43.292551+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."
}