Regulation 18 Procedure
Save as provided in sub-paragraph (3)(a), the adjudicator shall dispose of the statutory declaration without a hearing.
In the case of a statutory declaration which contains a statement under Article 16(2)(b) of the Order, the adjudicator may, in particular—
if it appears to him that the appellant has made representations under Article 9 of the Order in accordance with that Article in relation to the subject matter of the case but that the Department has not received the representations or has not considered them, direct the Department to consider the representations and serve a notice of its decision under Article 9 of the Order; or
if it appears to him that the appellant has made representations under Article 9 of the Order in accordance with that Article in relation to the subject matter of the case and that the Department has considered the representations but has not served a notice of its decision under Article 9 of the Order, direct the Department to serve a notice of its decision under Article 9 of the Order, or
if it appears to him that the Department has served a notice of its decision under Article 9 of the Order but that the appellant has not received the notice, direct the Department to serve a fresh notice of its decision under Article 9 of the Order.
In the case of a statutory declaration which contains a statement under Article 16(2)(c) of the Order, the adjudicator may, in particular—
if it appears to him that the appellant has made an appeal under Article 13 of the Order in accordance with regulation 3 in relation to the subject matter of the case but that the adjudicator has not received the notice of appeal or has not considered it, proceed with the case as an appeal under Article 13 of the Order; or
if it appears to him that an appeal under Article 13 of the Order in relation to the subject matter of the case has been considered by an adjudicator but that a notice of the adjudicator’s decision under that Article has not been served on the appellant, serve that notice on the appellant; or
if it appears to him that an appeal under Article 13 of the Order in relation to the subject matter of the case has been considered by an adjudicator and that a notice of the adjudicator’s decision under that Article has been served on the appellant but that the appellant has not received the notice, serve a fresh notice of that decision on the appellant.