[Part 3]

[Part 3 ]

[Procedure

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[(1)     Regulations under paragraph A19 or paragraph 1 may include provision of any kind specified in this paragraph.]

(2)     The regulations may include provision—

(a)     prescribing the procedure to be followed for initiating an appeal, and authorising or requiring it to be dismissed if it is not initiated within a prescribed time;

(b)     authorising an appeal to be disposed of on the basis of written representations in prescribed circumstances;

(c)     prescribing the procedure to be followed before the hearing of an appeal;

(d)     authorising an appeal to be withdrawn before the hearing in prescribed circumstances.

(3)     The regulations may include provision prescribing the procedure to be followed at the hearing of an appeal, and such provision may include provision—

(a)     requiring the hearing to take place in public except in prescribed circumstances;

(b)     as to the persons entitled to appear and to be heard on behalf of parties to the appeal;

(c)     authorising the hearing to proceed in the absence of a party or parties to the appeal in prescribed circumstances;

(d)     requiring persons to attend to give evidence and produce documents;

[(e)     that no rule of confidentiality applicable to the Commissioners

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