Hearings
8.—(1) If, after examining the notice of objection and the documents accompanying it, a Commissioner proposes to make a decision without holding a hearing, he shall give notice in writing of his intention to do so (stating the effect of the decision which he proposes to make) to every person who then appears to him to be entitled to be heard at a hearing under regulation 12(1)(a) to (d); and if within 28 days of such notification any such person requests him to do so, he shall hold a hearing.
(2) No hearing shall be held, nor shall a decision without a hearing be given, before the expiration of 42 days from the date on which a Form 43 Notice was first published in accordance with regulation 5(1)(f).