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30A.—(1) An application by a party for the postponement of a hearing shall be presented to the Tribunal and communicated to the other parties as soon as possible after the need for a postponement becomes known.
(2) Where a party makes an application for a postponement of a hearing less than 7 days before the date on which the hearing begins, the Tribunal may only order the postponement where—
(a)all other parties consent to the postponement and—
(i)it is practicable and appropriate for the purposes of giving the parties the opportunity to resolve their disputes by agreement; or
(ii)it is otherwise in accordance with the overriding objective;
(b)the application was necessitated by an act or omission of another party or the Tribunal; or
(c)there are exceptional circumstances.
(3) Where a Tribunal has ordered two or more postponements of a hearing in the same proceedings on the application of the same party and that party makes an application for a further postponement, the Tribunal may only order a postponement on that application where—
(a)all other parties consent to the postponement and—
(i)it is practicable and appropriate for the purposes of giving the parties the opportunity to resolve their disputes by agreement; or
(ii)it is otherwise in accordance with the overriding objective;
(b)the application was necessitated by an act or omission of another party or the Tribunal; or
(c)there are exceptional circumstances.
(4) For the purposes of this rule—
(a)references to postponement of a hearing include any adjournment which causes the hearing to be held or continued on a later date;
(b)“exceptional circumstances” may include ill health relating to an existing long term health condition or disability.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 rule 30A inserted (6.4.2016) by The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/271), regs. 1, 2(3) (with reg. 3)
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