# The Special Commissioners (Jurisdiction and Procedure) Regulations 1994, Regulation 15: Hearings in public or in private


(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, hearings before a Tribunal shall be in public.
(2) Any party to proceedings may, by notice to the Clerk, apply for the hearing, or any part of the hearing, to take place in private; and where such application is made, the hearing or, as the case may be, the part of the hearing which is the subject of the application, shall take place in private—
(a) if the application is made by a party other than the Revenue, or
(b) if the application is made by the Revenue and a Special Commissioner so directs.
(3) The following persons shall be entitled to the present at the hearing of any proceedings before a Tribunal notwithstanding that the hearing or part of the hearing takes place in private, and may remain present during the deliberations of the Tribunal but shall take no part in those deliberations—
(a) the Presiding Special Commissioner or any of the Special Commissioners notwithstanding that they do not constitute the Tribunal or part of the Tribunal for the purpose of the hearing;
(b) the clerk and any of the staff of the Special Commissioners;
(c) a member of the Council on Tribunals or of the Scottish Committee of that Council in the capacity of member;
(d) a member of the Judicial Studies Board or one of its committees in the capacity of member.
(4) A Tribunal, with the consent of the parties, may permit any other person to be present at the hearing of proceedings before it which is to take place, or part of which is to take place, in private.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1811/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-commissioners-jurisdiction-and-procedure-regulations-1994/regulation-15
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