5.—(1) Where an appeal under regulation 73(1) is to be disposed of on the basis of written representations, the regulator must submit any written representations to the appeal body not later than 24 days after receiving a copy of the documents mentioned in paragraph 1(2)(a) and (e).U.K.
(2) The appellant must make any further representations by way of reply to any representations from the regulator not later than 16 days after the date of submission of those representations by the regulator.
(3) Any representations made by the appellant or the regulator must bear the date on which they are submitted to the appeal body.
(4) When the regulator or the appellant submits any representations to the appeal body they must at the same time send a copy of them to the other party.
(5) The appeal body must send to the appellant and the regulator a copy of any representations made to the appeal body by any interested party and must allow the appellant and the regulator a period of not fewer than 16 days in which to make representations on them.
(6) The appeal body may in a particular case—
(a)set earlier or later time limits than those mentioned in this Part;
(b)require or permit exchanges of representations between the parties in addition to those mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2).