# Synodical Government Measure 1969, Paragraph 61F: Enrolment appeal or full election appeal: consideration of matters at issue


(1) The panel to which an enrolment appeal or a full election appeal is referred must, in deciding the matter at issue, consider all the circumstances; and for that purpose the panel—
(a) may inspect documents or other papers relating to the subject-matter of the appeal, and
(b) is entitled to be provided with such information relating to the appeal as the panel may require.
(2) The panel must give each party to the appeal an opportunity—
(a) to appear before the panel in person or by a legal or other representative, or
(b) if that party does not wish to take that opportunity, to make written representations on the matter at issue.
(3) A hearing under paragraph (2) is to be held in public unless the panel, having regard to all the circumstances, is satisfied that it would be in the interests of justice for the hearing to be held in private.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/1969/2/schedule/3/paragraph/61F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/synodical-government-measure-1969/schedule-3/paragraph-61F
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