Further considera- Lion.
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Tribunal on behalf of the appellant. The representative of the Board may put questions to any witness called by or on behalf of the appellant.
(2) The Tribunal shail give the representative of the Board an opportunity to address the Tribunal and call witnesses. The appellant or his representative may put questions to any witness called by or on behalf of the Board.
20. (1) Where during the hearing of an appeal it appears to the Tribunal that it is necessary to obtain further information on any point, or that the appellant or the Board should be allowed or required to procure or produce further evidence, the appeal shall be adjourned for such further information to be obtained in such manner as the Tribunal may direct or for the appellant or the Board to procure or produce such further evidence.
(2) Where the Tribunal adjourns the hearing for further information to be obtained, the information, if and when obtained, shall subject to any direction given by the chairman of the Tri- bunal under regulation 22, be communicated to the appellant and to the Board, together with a statement that the appellant or the Board may comment thereon in writing if they so desire, or may address the Tribunal thereon at a further hearing of the
case.
(3) Where the hearing is adjourned for the appellant or the Board to procure or produce further written evidence, the evidence shall, subject to any direction given by the chairman of the Tri- bunal under regulation 22, be communicated to the secretary, together with a statement indicating whether or not the appellant or the Board wish to address the Tribunal on the evidence at a further hearing of the case, and a copy of the evidence shall be sent by the secretary to the Board or, as the case may be, to the appellant, together with a statement that the Board or, as the case may be, the appellant, may comment thereon in writing if they so desire, or may address the Tribunal thereon at a further hearing of the case.
(4) Where the appellant or the Board inform the secretary of their desire to address the Tribunal on the further information, or on further written evidence, a notice of hearing shall be sent to the appellant and to the Board not less than ten days before the date fixed for the case to be further heard,
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(5) Where neither the appellant nor the Board wish to address the Tribunal on the further information or further written evidence, the Tribunal may give their decision without a further hearing of the case after taking into consideration any comments in writing made by the appellant or by the Board on the Further information or evidence.
(6) Where the hearing is adjourned for the appellant or the Board to procure or produce further oral evidence, a notice of hearing shall be sent to the appellant and to the Board not less than ten days before the date fixed for the case to be further heard if a date for the further bearing was not fixed at the adjournment or the date then fixed has to be altered.
advice,
30. () Where in the case of any appeal the Tribunal are Power of
tribunal to of opinion that a difficult medical of other technical question take export arises, the Tribunal may, before giving their decision, take the opinion of a medical specialist or other technical expert in such manner as may appear to them to be convenient.
(2) Where the question is a medical question, the Tribunal may arrange for the appellant to be examined by a medical specialist for a report on his condition.
(3) The Tribunal shall direct the specialist or other technical expert to send his opinion or report to the secretary, and copies thereof and of the terms of reference to the specialist or technical expert shall be sent by the secretary to the appellant and to the Board together with a statement that the appellant or the Board may comment therean in writing, if they so desire, or may address the Tribunal thercon at a further bearing of the OALSE; Provided that, where it appears to the chairman of the Tribunal that it would not be in the best interests of the appellant for the opinion or report of a medical specialist to be communicat- ed to him, the chairman of the Tribunal may direct that, instead of being sent to the appellant, the opinion or report shall be sent to the appellant's medical adviser (if known to the Tribunal) and, if the appellant was represented at the hearing, to his representa- tive.