The National Health Service (Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Representations and evidence at inquiry

18.—(1) At any inquiry–

(a) a Health Board or primary care NHS trust shall be entitled to be represented by their Chief Executive, or by counsel or solicitor; and

(b) the complainer (not being a Health Board or primary care NHS trust) and the respondent shall be entitled to attend and take part in the proceedings in question or be represented by any one of the following persons:–

(i) counsel;

(ii) a solicitor;

(iii) an officer or member of any organisation of which the complainer or the respondent is a member;

(iv) a member of the complainer or the respondent’s family;

(v) a friend.

(2) The complainer and the respondent or their representatives shall be entitled at an inquiry to produce evidence and to call witnesses to whom questions may be put by or on behalf of any party.