24Hearing of application for registration (s 18)

#### 24 Hearing of application for registration (s 18) (1) The FWC, in dealing with an application for registration, must not: (a) refuse to grant the application without giving the applicant an opportunity to be heard; or (b) grant the application without giving an objector who has complied with regulation 23 an opportunity to be heard. (2) The FWC, in order to give the applicant and the objector mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) (the objector) an opportunity to be heard, must: (a) fix a time and place for a hearing; and (b) notify the applicant and the objector of the time and place fixed for the hearing. (3) At the hearing, the FWC may give directions relating to the manner in which the hearing is to proceed and may: (a) determine the matter without further delay; or (b) adjourn the proceedings to a later day; or (c) with the agreement of the applicant and the objector, determine the matter on a later day without a further hearing.