Article 57 Procedure for hearing

On completion of the evidence, if any, or at such other time as he may see fit, the registrar shall appoint a time and date for the hearing of the case, and shall give the parties at least fourteen days' notice thereof.

If either party desires to be heard he shall give notice in writing of that fact to the registrar and the registrar may refuse to hear a party who has not given him such notice prior to the date of the hearing.

The hearing before the registrar of any dispute between two or more parties relating to any matter in connection with a registered design shall be in public unless the registrar, after consultation with those parties to the dispute who appear in person or are represented at the hearing, otherwise directs.

Nothing in this rule shall prevent a member of the Council on Tribunals or of its Scottish Committee from attending a hearing in his capacity as such.