Division 4 — General provisions
Effect of non‑compliance
35.—(1)  Where, in any proceedings under this Part that is before the adjustment relief Registrar or any proceedings before an adjustment relief assessor, there has been a failure to comply with any requirement of these Regulations, that failure is treated as an irregularity and does not nullify the proceedings in question, any step taken in the proceedings, or any direction or order given by the adjustment relief Registrar or adjustment relief assessor, unless otherwise provided in these Regulations or directed by the adjustment relief Registrar or adjustment relief assessor.
(2)  Without affecting paragraph (1), the adjustment relief Registrar or the adjustment relief assessor may, on his or her initiative or on an application by a party to a determination, do one or more of the following:
(a)allow that party to amend a notice lodged by that party, in order to comply with the requirements of these Regulations;
(b)make such directions dealing with the matter or proceeding as he or she thinks fit, including a direction to that party to provide any document or information required under these Regulations;
(c)direct the party who amended the notice or who provided the document or information, to inform the other parties to the determination of the amendment or provide a copy of the amended notice, document or information to the other parties to the determination.
Correction of error in adjustment relief assessor’s determination
36.  An adjustment relief assessor may, on his or her own motion or on the application of any person affected by an adjustment relief assessor’s determination made by the adjustment relief assessor in Form 15, correct any clerical mistake, or error arising from an accidental slip or omission, in the determination.
Extension of time
37.—(1)  The adjustment relief Registrar may —
(a)on his or her initiative; or
(b)on an application submitted to the adjustment relief Registrar,
and on such terms as the adjustment relief Registrar thinks just, extend, or further extend, in a particular case the period within which a party to a determination is required, by these Regulations or a direction of the adjustment relief Registrar, to submit to the adjustment relief Registrar, or serve on any other party to the determination, any document or form to be submitted to the adjustment relief Registrar, or served on a party to the determination, before the date an adjustment relief assessor is appointed to make a determination.
(2)  The adjustment relief assessor appointed to make a determination may —
(a)on his or her initiative; or
(b)on an application submitted to the adjustment relief assessor by a party to the determination,
and on such terms as the adjustment relief assessor thinks just, extend, or further extend, in a particular case the period within which a party to the determination is required by these Regulations to submit to the adjustment relief assessor, or serve on any other party to the determination, any document or form to be submitted to the adjustment relief assessor, or served on another party to the determination, on or after the date the adjustment relief assessor is appointed to make the determination.
(3)  The adjustment relief Registrar or adjustment relief assessor may extend the period mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2) even though —
(a)in the case of paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) — that period has expired; or
(b)in the case of paragraph (1)(b) or (2)(b) — the application for the extension is made after the expiration of that period.
Registry of Adjustment Relief Assessors
38.—(1)  For the purposes of the administration of Part 10 of the Act and these Regulations, there is to be established an office called the Registry of Adjustment Relief Assessors.
(2)  The Registry is under the control and supervision of the adjustment relief Registrar.
(3)  The office hours of the Registry are —
(a)between 8.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. of any day from Monday to Thursday (except public holidays);
(b)between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on Friday (except public holidays); but
(c)if any such day is the eve of the New Year, Lunar New Year or Christmas, between 8.30 a.m. and 12 noon.
Records
39.—(1)  The adjustment relief Registrar must keep the records of every determination, including the documents submitted by parties to the determination to an adjustment relief assessor.
(2)  The records may be kept in a manner and form determined by the adjustment relief Registrar.
(3)  After an adjustment relief assessor has made a determination, a person affected by the determination may, on payment of any fee that may be prescribed by an order under section 46(1) of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) and subject to the adjustment relief Registrar’s permission —
(a)search the record relating to that determination; and
(b)take a copy of the record.
(4)  The records must be kept for a period of 2 years after the date of the adjustment relief assessor’s determination.
Adjustment relief Registrar’s directives
40.—(1)  The adjustment relief Registrar may issue directives for the purposes of these Regulations and for proceedings before an adjustment relief assessor.
(2)  Without limiting paragraph (1), an adjustment relief Registrar’s directive may provide guidance on the following:
(a)the practice and procedure for the use of the electronic system;
(b)documents and information that must accompany a specified notice, and other documents and information that may be required by the adjustment relief Registrar or an adjustment relief assessor for an adjustment relief assessor’s determination;
(c)the practice and procedure for an application for an extension of time and any other application in the proceedings for an adjustment relief assessor’s determination;
(d)the practice and procedure for searching and taking copies of records of the adjustment relief Registrar kept under regulation 39.
Publication of determinations
41.  Where, in the adjustment relief Registrar’s opinion, an adjustment relief assessor’s determination ought to be published, the adjustment relief Registrar may publish the facts of the case, the arguments and the determination without disclosing the names of the parties to a determination concerned or any information that may disclose their identities.