Any party to an appeal under these Regulations may send representations to the proper officer at any time before that appeal is determined.

The adjudicator may invite a party to send to the proper officer representations dealing with any matter relating to an appeal within such time and in such a manner as may be specified.

Where a party fails to respond to an invitation under paragraph (2), the adjudicator may draw such inferences as appear to him or her proper.

Any representations sent under this regulation must be signed by the party concerned or his or her authorised representative.

Where the appellant sends representations to the proper officer under this regulation, the proper officer must send a copy of the representations to the parking authority.

Where the parking authority sends representations to the proper officer under this regulation, it must at the same time send a copy of those representations to the appellant.

This regulation is without prejudice to the powers of an adjudicator under regulation 9.