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5.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this schedule, the procedure at a hearing is as the reporter determines.
(2) The reporter is, having considered any submission by the parties entitled to appear at the hearing, to state at the commencement of the hearing the procedure the reporter proposes to adopt.
(3) Any party entitled to appear at the hearing may do so on their own behalf or be represented by another person.
(4) Where there are two or more parties having a similar interest in the issues being considered at the hearing, the reporter may allow one or more party to appear on behalf of some or all of those parties.
(5) A hearing is to take the form of a discussion led by the reporter and cross‑examination is not permitted.
(6) The reporter may from time to time adjourn the hearing and, if the date, time and place of the adjourned hearing are announced before the adjournment, no further notice is required, otherwise paragraph 3 applies as it applies to the variation of the date, time or place at which a hearing session is to be held.
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