Article 17 Failure to comply with a direction
(1)
If any direction given to a party under rule 15 is not complied with by that party within any period specified in the direction, a convener or a Tribunal at a hearing, may–
(a)
where the party in default is the appellant, dismiss the reference either in whole or in part;
(b)
where the party in default is the authority, determine the reference without a hearing; or
(c)
where appropriate, direct that a party in default take no further part in the proceedings.
(2)
In this rule the expression “party in default” means the party who failed to comply with the direction.