{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2014/rule-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2014/rule-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/514",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-amendment-rules-2014",
  "path": "rule/20",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008",
  "text": "In rule 39 (hearings in a party’s absence), for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) The Tribunal may not proceed with a hearing that the patient has failed to attend unless the Tribunal is satisfied that—\n(a) the patient—\n(i) has decided not to attend the hearing; or\n(ii) is unable to attend the hearing for reasons of ill health; and\n(b) an examination under rule 34 (medical examination of the patient)—\n(i) has been carried out; or\n(ii) is impractical or unnecessary.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/514/rule/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:34.808855+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."
}