Article 8 Procedure where the tribunal proposes to determine appeal without a hearing
This rule applies where the tribunal, having considered—
the parties' statements of case and any adjustments made before the Registrar notifies the parties as mentioned in rule 6(1); and
any other documents which they have submitted in support of their case,
is minded to determine the case without a hearing.
In a case to which this rule applies, the tribunal shall require the Registrar to send a written notice to the parties stating that—
the tribunal is minded to determine the case without a hearing;
each party may make written or oral representations to the tribunal on the issue of whether the case may be determined without a hearing;
any written representations for the said purpose must be made not later than 14 days after the date on which the Registrar sends the notice; and
if a party intends to make oral representations for the said purpose, he must request in writing the opportunity to do so not later than 7 days after the date on which the Registrar sends the notice.
Where the Registrar receives from a party any written representations or any request in terms of sub-paragraph (c) or (d) of paragraph (2), he shall send a copy of the same to the other party and to the members of the tribunal.
Where a party has requested the opportunity to make oral representations, the Registrar shall, after consultation with the chairman of the tribunal and with due regard to the convenience of the parties, fix the time and place at which the parties may make oral representations and, not less than 14 days before the date so fixed (or such shorter time as the parties agree), send to each party a notice that they may make oral representations at such time and place if they so wish.
A party wishing to appear before the tribunal for the purposes of making oral representations for the purposes of paragraph (2) may be represented by any person who may represent him at a hearing fixed in accordance with rule 9.