Where assessor unable to continue with proceedings
28.—(1)  If a rental relief assessor who is hearing or determining an application is unable for any reason to continue with the hearing or determination, the Registrar may appoint a new rental relief assessor in place of that rental relief assessor to hear and determine the application.
(2)  The new rental relief assessor may, as the justice of the case requires —
(a)continue with the hearing or determination from where it had previously stopped; or
(b)hear or determine the application afresh.