21.—(1) Where a reference under section 18(1) of the 2004 Act and a claim relate to the same person, and the other party to the reference and the claim is also the same, the person or, where the claim was made by the person’s parent, the parent or the other party may apply to the Tribunal for an order that such a claim and reference be heard at the same hearing.
(2) A convener may—
(a)make an order under paragraph (1);
(b)make an order varying or revoking an earlier order made under paragraph (1).
(3) An order under this rule shall only be made if it appears to the convener to be fair and just to do so and, before an order is made, the parties have had the opportunity to be heard, and to have their views taken into account, either by a convener alone or with such other members of a Tribunal as the convener may consider appropriate.
(4) A convener must not make an order under this rule if it would cause a breach of any of these rules or the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2006(1).
S.S.I. 2006/ 88, as amended by S.S.I. 2010/152 and 274.