| Division 4 — Application and procedure for determination |
| Application for determination |
| Response |
| 21. The respondent may, no later than 5 working days after being served with a copy of the application for a specified determination and the Registrar’s acknowledgement, submit to the Registrar a response to the application in Form 8W, and serve on the applicant a copy of the response by the prescribed mode of service. |
| Amendment of application or response |
22.—(1) The Registrar may, at any stage before a specified determination and on the application of the applicant or the respondent, allow that party to amend that party’s application for the determination or response, as the case may be.
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| Notice of appointment of assessor and hearing |
23. If the Registrar is satisfied that —
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| Hearing and determination by rental waiver assessor |
24.—(1) A rental waiver assessor must, when carrying out his or her duties or exercising his or her powers under these Regulations, act independently, impartially and in a timely manner.
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| Where assessor unable to continue with proceedings |
25.—(1) If a rental waiver assessor who is hearing or determining an application for a specified determination is unable for any reason to continue with the hearing or determination, the Registrar may appoint one or more new rental waiver assessors in place of that rental waiver assessor to hear and determine the application.
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| Where one party is absent from hearing |
26.—(1) Where a party to a specified determination is absent from the hearing, the rental waiver assessor may —
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| Determination must be unanimous where more than one rental waiver assessor |
| 27. Where more than one rental waiver assessor is appointed to make a specified determination on an application, the determination must be unanimous. |