Article 7 Hearing and determination of appeal
Where the appointed person does not refer the appeal to the court, the appointed person must send written notice of the time and place appointed for the oral hearing of the appeal—
where no person other than the appellant was a party to the proceedings in which the decision appealed against was made, to the registrar and to the appellant; and
in any other case, to the registrar and to each person who was a party to those proceedings.
The appointed person must send the notice at least fourteen days before the time appointed for the oral hearing.
If all the persons notified under paragraph (1) inform the appointed person that they do not wish to make oral representations then—
the appointed person may hear and determine the case on the basis of any written representations; and
the time and place appointed for the oral hearing may be vacated.
Rules 19, 22, 23, and 24 of the 2006 Rules apply to the appointed person and to proceedings before the appointed person as they apply to the registrar and to proceedings before the registrar.
If there is an oral hearing of the appeal then rule 20 of the 2006 Rules applies to the appointed person and to proceedings before the appointed person as it applies to the registrar and to proceedings before the registrar.
A copy of the decision of the appointed person must be sent, with a statement of the reasons for the decision, to the registrar and to each person who was a party to the appeal.