The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008

Persons entitled to attend

18.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a potentially affected person shall be entitled to be present at the proceedings of a service inquiry panel.

(2) A potentially affected person’s entitlement under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such conditions and exclusions as the president, after consulting the convening authority, may reasonably impose from time to time. Such exclusions may—

(a) include an exclusion from being present at such part of the proceedings of the panel as the president may specify; and

(b) be imposed before or at any time during the proceedings of the panel.

(3) Where under paragraph (1) a potentially affected person is entitled to be present at any part of the proceedings of the panel—

(a) he may be represented at that part by a legal representative or, with the consent of the president, he may be represented by a person other than a legal representative;

(b) he may give evidence, question witnesses or produce any witness to give evidence, in each case as to any other matter as to which, in the opinion of the president, the potentially affected person may be affected in relation to his character or professional reputation by the findings of the panel;

(c) where he is represented, his representative may question witnesses and may, with the permission of the president, address the panel; and

(d) the president shall provide him with a copy of any part of the record of the proceedings of the panel, if the president considers it appropriate to do so.

(4) In this regulation “potentially affected person” means a person who in the opinion of the president may be affected in relation to his character or professional reputation by the findings of the panel.