Regulation 9 Response notice
The respondent must send to the commissioner a response notice to the notice of appeal to be received within 28 days of the date on which the commissioner sent the notice of appeal.
The response notice must include—
the name and address of the respondent;
the name and address of the respondent’s representative (if any);
an address or electronic address where documents for the respondent may be sent or delivered;
a statement as to whether the respondent opposes the appellant’s case and if so, any grounds for such opposition.
If the appellant did not provide a written record of the decision under appeal and a statement of reasons for that decision with the notice of appeal, the respondent must provide those documents with the response notice if the respondent has, or can reasonably obtain, them.
If the respondent provides the response notice to the commissioner later than the time required by paragraph (1) or by any direction, the response must include a request for an extension of time and the reason why the response was provided out of time.
The commissioner may extend time for the response notice or may refuse to admit the response notice.
The commissioner must send a copy of the response notice and any accompanying documents to the appellant unless the commissioner has refused to admit the response notice under paragraph (5).