26.—(1) The tribunal may hold a case management conference.
(2) The tribunal must give the parties not less than 7 days' notice of the date, time and place of the case management conference.
(3) At the case management conference the tribunal may order the parties to take such steps or do such things as appear to it to be necessary or desirable for securing the just, expeditious and economical determination of the application.
(4) The tribunal may postpone or adjourn a case management conference.
(5) A party may be represented at a case management conference.
(6) A single qualified member of the panel may exercise the power conferred by paragraph (1), (3) or (4).