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8.2. If the Respondent admits the Charge, the Disciplinary Panel may deal with
Decisions and Sanctions under Regulation 11. The Respondent may make
written representations in mitigation within 7 days from accepting the
Charge or having been deemed to accept the Charge.
8.3. If the Respondent does not accept the Charge, the Disciplinary Panel will call
a Disciplinary Hearing in accordance with Regulations [9-10].
8.4. If the Respondent does not respond to the Notice of Charge within the time
period outlined at Regulation 8.1 above, the Disciplinary Panel may call a
Disciplinary Hearing, and may treat the Respondent as having admitted the
Charge.
8.5. If there are multiple Charges, the Respondent may admit or deny all or some
of the Charges. The Disciplinary Panel may deal with Charges that are
Admitted and Denied separately.
8.6. The Disciplinary Panel may deal with a disciplinary matter by way of an oral
hearing either conducted in person or by audio or video conference call, or
deal with the matter by way of written submissions, whichever method is
most appropriate and proportionate to the issues at hand, and considering
the needs and wishes of the Respondent and any other witnesses in deciding
how to deal with the hearing.
9. NOTICE FOR DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS
9.1. The Disciplinary Panel will give reasonable notice of any hearing or deadline
for written submissions and should consider at least one re-scheduling to
take into account prior commitments.
10. ORAL DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS
10.1. The Respondent may be represented by a third party at any oral hearing,
whether or not that person is a member of the Club (the "Representative"),
and the Representative may make submissions but not give evidence on
behalf of the Respondent.
10.2. The Respondent may be accompanied by another Member for support (the
"Friend"), but the Friend may not make representations on behalf of the
Respondent.