Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004

Licensing Authorities of secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers, and miscellaneous provisions - Licensing Authorities and Deputy Licensing Authorities

76B: Hearing on papers

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"The Licensing Authority can decide a case just by looking at the documents."

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You can have a proceeding decided on the papers if the Licensing Authority thinks it is appropriate. The Licensing Authority must give you a chance to say if you think this is a good idea before making a decision. The Licensing Authority gets to decide if a proceeding is dealt with on the papers.

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76A: Procedure, or

"How the Licensing Authority follows the rules and makes decisions"

76C: Suppression orders, or

"Keeping some information secret in a court case"

Part 4Licensing Authorities of secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers, and miscellaneous provisions
Licensing Authorities and Deputy Licensing Authorities

76BHearing on papers

Despite anything in this Act to the contrary, a Licensing Authority may determine a proceeding on the papers if he or she considers it appropriate.
Before doing so, the Licensing Authority must give the parties a reasonable opportunity to comment on whether the proceeding should be dealt with in that manner.

Notes

Section 76B: inserted, on 14 November 2018, by section 296 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).