The Private Rented Housing Panel (Tenant and Third Party Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Adjournment

18.—(1) Where a party applies for an adjournment of a hearing, that party must—

(a) if practicable, notify all other parties of the application for adjournment;

(b) show good reason why an adjournment is necessary; and

(c) produce evidence of any fact or matter relied on in support of the application for adjournment.

(2) The committee may only adjourn a hearing at the request of a party if satisfied that the application cannot otherwise be justly determined.

(3) If the reason for such an adjournment is to allow the party more time to produce evidence, the committee may only adjourn the hearing if satisfied that–

(a) the evidence relates to a matter in dispute;

(b) it would be unjust to determine the case without permitting the party to produce the evidence; and

(c) where the party has failed to comply with directions for the production of the evidence, the party has provided a satisfactory explanation for that failure.