# Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 72: Hearings in cases


(1) Tribunal Rules may make provision about hearings in a case before the Scottish Tribunals.
(2) Rules making provision as described in subsection (1) may (in particular)—
(a) provide for certain matters to be dealt with—
(i) without a hearing,
(ii) at a private hearing,
(iii) at a public hearing,
(b) require notice to be given of a hearing (and for the timing of such notice),
(c) specify persons who may—
(i) appear on behalf of a party in a case,
(ii) attend a hearing in order to provide support to a party or witness in a case,
(d) specify circumstances in which particular persons may appear or be represented at a hearing,
(e) specify circumstances in which a hearing may go ahead—
(i) at the request of a party in a case despite no notice of it having been given to another party in the case,
(ii) in the absence of a particular member chosen to exercise the function of deciding any matter in a case,
(f) enable two or more sets of proceedings to be taken concurrently at a hearing in certain circumstances,
(g) allow for an adjournment of a hearing for the purpose of giving the parties in a case an opportunity to use a process of negotiation, mediation, arbitration or adjudication for resolving a dispute to which the case relates,
(h) allow for the imposition of reporting restrictions for particular reasons arising in a case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/10/section/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-scotland-act-2014/section-72
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