Article 18 Application of rules

Rules 3, 4, 5(2) and 6(2) shall not apply to appeals from a respondent authority but in all other respects these rules shall, subject to rule 17(3)(c), apply to such appeals as if for references to the Controller there were substituted references to the respondent authority, as if the references in rules 6(1), 12(2) and 12(4) to plants or plant material included a reference to basic material and as if in rule 9(2) the words “if he has notified the secretary under rule 5(2) of his intention to appear” were omitted.