Regulation 21

Subject to paragraph (7), a party to an appeal proceeding relating to an appeal who objects to any of the Tribunal members of the Reviewing Tribunal because of a reasonable apprehension of partial adjudication of the appeal may, no later than 3 working days after the date of the notification by the Secretary under rule 20(3), file the party’s objection with the Secretary.

An objection filed with the Secretary under paragraph (1) must state the ground of the objection accompanied by a concise statement of the circumstances under which the objection on that ground is made.

The chairperson of the Reviewing Tribunal concerned may require the party who filed an objection under paragraph (1) to provide to the chairperson, through the Secretary, within any time that the chairperson may determine, any further information in relation to the objection that the chairperson considers necessary.

If the chairperson of the Reviewing Tribunal allows an objection under paragraph (1), the Secretary must, as soon as practicable, refer the appeal concerned to another Reviewing Tribunal.

Where no objection to any of the Tribunal members of a Reviewing Tribunal is filed with the Secretary within the time delimited by paragraph (1) by any party to an appeal proceeding, the Reviewing Tribunal is taken to have cognizance of the appeal to which the appeal proceeding relates, without the Secretary informing every party to the appeal proceeding.

The Secretary must inform every party to the appeal proceeding of —

A party to an appeal proceeding must not file more than one objection under this rule in respect of that same appeal proceeding or a consolidation of appeal proceedings comprising that appeal proceeding, unless permitted by the chairperson of the Reviewing Tribunal.