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PART 7Supplementary provisions

Failure to take action

23.—(1) This regulation applies where the appellant or the Licensing Authority has failed, within relevant time limits, to take any step or provide any information required under these Regulations.

(2) The appointed person may, after giving the appellant and the Licensing Authority notice of the intention to do so, determine an appeal even though that step has not been taken or that information has not been provided.

Supply of documents etc

24.—(1) Anything required or permitted to be supplied (including any representations made) under these Regulations must be in writing.

(2) If a document supplied refers to another document, a copy of that other document must also be supplied.

(3) Anything required or permitted to be supplied under these Regulations may be supplied electronically if—

(a)it is capable of being accessed by the recipient;

(b)the information contained in it is available to the recipient to no lesser extent than it would be if it were in printed form;

(c)it is sufficiently permanent to be used for subsequent reference; and

(d)the recipient consents to it being supplied electronically.

(4) Documents and copies supplied —

(a)by the appellant or the Licensing Authority must be supplied in duplicate;

(b)by any other person, must be supplied in triplicate.

(5) But paragraph (4) does not apply to a document or copy—

(a)required to accompany a notice of appeal under regulation 7(1)(d) and (2), or

(b)supplied electronically.

(6) If any document has already been supplied for the purposes of an appeal and is readily available to all parties, the appointed person may direct that it need not be supplied again.

Extending relevant time limits and providing additional information or copies

25.—(1) The appointed person may at any time, in exceptional circumstances, extend any relevant time limit.

(2) The appointed person may at any time—

(a)require further exchanges of information,

(b)offer further opportunities to make representations,

(c)require any person to provide further information relevant to the appeal or additional copies of any document,

if the appointed person considers that it is necessary for the determination of the appeal.

(3) A person who is subject to a requirement, or who is offered an opportunity to make further representations, under paragraph (2), must comply with any time limit specified by the appointed person.