(2) A Committee may from time to time, without requiring the attendance of any party, adjourn the hearing to which a respondent is summoned to a later date if satisfied that the summons has not been served or that there is other adequate reason for the adjournment.
(3) The date fixed in the first instance for the hearing to which the respondent is summoned must be within 28 days of the date of the application.
(4) The date fixed for an adjourned hearing must be within 28 days of the date on which the adjournment is ordered unless the Committee is satisfied that—
- (a) a later date is required to enable the summons to be served; or
- (b) there is other adequate reason for fixing a later date.
(5) An order made under this section—
- (a) continues in force until the conclusion of the hearing to which the respondent is summoned or, if the hearing is adjourned, until the conclusion of the adjourned hearing; but
- (b) will not be effective after the conclusion of the hearing to which the respondent is summoned or the adjourned hearing unless the Committee confirms the order—
- (i) on the failure of the respondent to appear at the hearing in obedience to the summons;
- (ii) having considered any evidence given by or on behalf of the respondent; or
- (iii) with the consent of the respondent.
(6) A Committee may confirm a family exclusion order in an amended form.
(7) If a hearing is adjourned, the Committee at the adjourned hearing need not be constituted of the same members as constituted the Committee when it ordered the adjournment.
Committee may make exclusion order in certain circumstances
165.—(1) A Committee may, on its own motion, by written order make an exclusion order against a person if it comes to the attention of the Committee that the person—
