Regulation 43 Public and private hearings: arrangements and exceptionsI1

not prejudice the welfare or interests of the child; and

allow for the fair hearing of the appeal or claim.

the parties;

the parties representatives;

the parties witnesses; and

any person who has submitted a declaration of suitability to the Tribunal in accordance with regulation 66 to act as a case friend.

the child where the child is not a party to the appeal or claim;

a parent of the child where the parent is not a party to the appeal or the claim;

the clerk to the tribunal panel and the Secretary of the Tribunal;

the President, a Chair, or an education panel member (when not sitting as a member of the tribunal panel);

a person undergoing training as a Chair, an education panel member or as a clerk to the tribunal panel;

a person acting on behalf of the President in the training or supervision of clerks to tribunal panels;

an interpreter;

any person giving other necessary assistance to a person sitting as a member of the tribunal panel or entitled to attend the hearing further to this regulation;

any person named by the appellant or the claimant in response to the enquiry under regulation 26(a)(vii) unless the President or the tribunal panel has determined that any such person must not attend the hearing and has notified the appellant or the claimant accordingly.

a person whose conduct in the opinion of the President or the tribunal panel has disrupted or is likely to disrupt the hearing;

a person whose presence in the opinion of the President or the tribunal panel has made or is likely to make it difficult for any person to give evidence or make the representations necessary for the proper conduct of the hearing;

a representative or witness whom a party omitted to name, without reasonable cause, in response to the enquiry by the Secretary of the Tribunal under regulation 26.