Regulation 5 Postponement and adjournmentI1

Where a person to whom notice of an oral hearing by an adjudicating authority or an inquiry has been given wishes to apply for that hearing or inquiry to be postponed he shall do so in writing to the chairman or, as the case may be, the person appointed to hold the inquiry stating his reasons for the application, and the chairman or person appointed may grant or refuse the application as he thinks fit.

A chairman may of his own motion at any time before the beginning of the hearing postpone the hearing.

An oral hearing or an inquiry may be adjourned by the adjudicating authority or, as the case may be, the person appointed to hold the inquiry at any time on the application of any party to the proceedings or of its or his own motion.