Miscellaneous powers
10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, a tribunal may regulate its own procedure.
(2) A tribunal may –
(a)make any necessary amendments to the description of a party in the Register and in other documents relating to the appeal;
(b)if the appellant shall at any time give notice of the abandonment of his appeal, dismiss the appeal;
(c)if the parties agree in writing upon the terms of a decision to be made by the tribunal, decide accordingly;
(d)on the application of the Commission, or of its own motion, order to be struck out any notice of appeal for want of prosecution: Provided that before making any such order the tribunal shall send notice to the appellant giving him an opportunity to show cause why such an order should not be made.
(3) Subject to rule 3(3), a tribunal may, if it thinks fit, before granting an application under rule 3 or 11 require the party making the application to give notice of it to the other party. The notice shall give particulars of the application and indicate the address to which and the time within which any objection to the application shall be made being an address and time specified for the purposes of the application by the tribunal.
(4) A chairman may postpone the day or time fixed for, or adjourn, any hearing and vary any such postponement or adjournment.
(5) Any act required or authorised by these Rules to be done by a tribunal may be done by the President, the Vice-President or by a chairman except –
(a)the hearing of an appeal under rule 5;
(b)an act required or authorised to be done by rule 6 or 7 which the rule implies is to be done by the tribunal which is hearing or has heard the appeal;
(c)the review of a decision under rule 8(1), and the confirmation, variation or revocation of a decision, and ordering of a re-hearing, under rule 8(7).
(6) Any act required or authorised by rule 11 and paragraph (4) to be done by a chairman may be done by a tribunal or on the direction of the President, the Vice-President or a chairman.
(7) Rule 9 shall apply to an order dismissing proceedings under paragraph (2)(b).