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Part 11Adjudication

109Procedure

(1)Hearings before the adjudicator shall be held in public, except where he is satisfied that exclusion of the public is just and reasonable.

(2)Subject to that, rules may regulate the practice and procedure to be followed with respect to proceedings before the adjudicator and matters incidental to or consequential on such proceedings.

(3)Rules under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision about—

(a)when hearings are to be held,

(b)requiring persons to attend hearings to give evidence or to produce documents,

(c)the form in which any decision of the adjudicator is to be given,

(d)payment of costs of a party to proceedings by another party to the proceedings, and

(e)liability for costs thrown away as the result of neglect or delay by a legal representative of a party to proceedings.