17General provisions relating to applications and references to Tribunal

17 General provisions relating to applications and references to Tribunal

(1) An application or reference to the Tribunal shall:

(a) be in writing;

(b) state the name of the person making the application or reference;

(c) state the general nature of the application or reference and specify the provision of the Act or of these Regulations under which the application or reference is made;

(d) subject to the next succeeding subregulation, include such other matters as are required by these Regulations to be included in an application or reference made under that provision;

(e) be signed by or on behalf of the person making the application or reference; and

(f) be filed with the Registrar.

(2) A person desiring to make an application or reference to the Tribunal may, with the leave of the President, omit from the application or reference such of the particulars required by these Regulations to be included in the application or reference as the President specifies but, if the President, when so granting leave, directs that other particulars specified by him are to be included in the application or reference in lieu of the omitted particulars, the person shall include those other particulars in the application or reference.

(3) Subject to these Regulations, a person making an application or reference to the Tribunal shall cause notice of the making of the application or reference, together with a sealed copy of the application or reference, to be served, within seven days after the application or reference is filed with the Registrar, on every other person who, by virtue of the Act or of these Regulations, is a party to the application or reference other than a person who became a party after the application or reference was filed.

(4) A notice of the making of an application or reference shall:

(a) be in writing;

(b) be addressed to the person on whom it is served;

(c) inform the person on whom it is served that the application or reference to which the notice relates has been made to the Tribunal and that that person is, by virtue of the Act or these Regulations, as the case may be, a party to the application or reference; and

(d) be signed by or on behalf of the person making the application or reference.

(5) The President may, and shall if so requested by a party to the application or reference, fix a time and place for a preliminary hearing of the application or reference (other than an application to which regulation 34 or regulation 35 of these Regulations applies or an application or reference in respect of which the Tribunal decides not to have a hearing) for the purpose of dealing with such matters connected with the application or reference as the President directs, and the Registrar shall cause notice of the time and place so fixed to be served on the parties to the application or reference and on the persons (if any) who have applied to the Tribunal to be made parties to the application or reference.