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The Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

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27.—(1) The tribunal may—

(a)order any person in Northern Ireland—

(i)to grant to a party such disclosure, exchange and inspection (including the taking of copies) of documents as might be granted by a county court;

(ii)to disclose information to a party; or

(iii)to attend a hearing to give evidence, produce documents, or produce information;

(b)apply for an order under section 67 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 compelling the attendance at a hearing of any witness from another part of the United Kingdom or requiring the production by that witness of any document; or

(c)use the procedures for obtaining evidence prescribed in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters.

(2) An order containing a requirement described in paragraph (1)(a) shall include the following information (as the case may require)—

(a)that any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the requirement shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine in accordance with Article 9(4) of the Industrial Tribunals Order or Article 84(9) and (10) of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order;

(b)the amount of the current maximum fine; and

(c)that any person who, having been summarily convicted under Article 84(10) of the Fair Employment and Treatment Order, without reasonable excuse continues to fail to comply with the requirement shall be liable on a second or subsequent summary conviction to a continuing fine.

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