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22.—(1) This regulation applies to any hearing of an application or appeal to which these Regulations apply.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the office shall give reasonable notice of the time and place of any hearing before a Commissioner.
(3) Unless all the parties concerned agree to a hearing at shorter notice, the period of notice specified under paragraph (2) shall be at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.
(4) If any party to whom notice of a hearing has been sent fails to appear at the hearing, the Commissioner may proceed with the case in that party’s absence, or may give directions with a view to the determination of the case.
(5) Any hearing before a Commissioner shall be in public, unless the Commissioner for special reasons directs otherwise.
(6) Where a Commissioner holds a hearing the applicant or appellant, every respondent and, with the leave of a Commissioner, any other person, shall be entitled to be present and be heard.
(7) Any person entitled to be heard at hearing may—
(a)address the Commissioner;
(b)with the leave of the Commissioner, give evidence, call witnesses and put questions directly to any other person called as a witness.
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