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Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

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Films and Publications Regulations, 2022

Schedule 2

Part 2: Appeal Tribunal Office Functions

Appeal Tribunal Procedures

15. Pre-hearing conferences

 

(1) Within 10 (ten) days after the filing of documents is completed, a member of the Appeal Tribunal assigned by the Chairperson may convene a pre-hearing conference on a date and at a time determined by that member with—
(a) each complainant who has filed an appeal;
(b) interveners; and
(c) the respondent.

 

(2) If a point of law has been raised, and it appears to the assigned member of the Appeal Tribunal at a pre-hearing conference to be practical to resolve that question before proceeding with the pre-hearing conference, the member may—
(a) direct the registrar to set only that question down for hearing by the Appeal Tribunal; and
(b) may adjourn the pre-hearing conference pending the resolution of that question by the Appeal Tribunal.

 

(3) The assigned member of the Appeal Tribunal may adjourn a pre-hearing conference from time to time.

 

(4) Pre-hearing conferences may be conducted in person or by telephone or both, need not follow formal regulations of procedure, and are not open to the public.