PART II Procedure relating to Appeals

5 Further representations
1 Any party to an appeal under these Regulations may send representations to the proper officer at any time before that appeal is determined.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Any representations sent under this regulation must be signed by the party concerned or his or her authorised representative.
5 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.
6 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.
7 This regulation is without prejudice to the powers of an adjudicator under regulation 9.