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• 34 (1) As soon as practicable and, in any event, not later than 10 days after an inspector or a designated officer, as the case may be, gives an order under subrule 33(2), the inspector or designated officer shall refer it to the Commission for confirmation, amendment, revocation or replacement in accordance with subsection 35(3) or 37(6) of the Act, as the case may be.

• (2) Where the Commission acts under subsection 35(3) of the Act or a designated officer is authorized by the Commission to act under paragraph 37(2)(g) of the Act, the Commission or designated officer, as the case may be, shall notify the persons named in or subject to the order of

  • (a) their opportunity to be heard under paragraph 39(1)(c) or 40(1)(c) or (d) of the Act, as the case may be; and

• (3) As soon as practicable after receiving a notice referred to in paragraph (2)(b), the Commission or designated officer shall notify the person giving the notice

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  • (b) of the format in which the information and submissions are required to be filed with the Commission or designated officer and sent to other parties and the time limits for filing and sending the information and submissions, as well as the names and addresses of the other parties.

• (4) A decision by the Commission or designated officer, as the case may be, to confirm, amend, revoke or replace an order shall be in writing and must be sent, within 10 days after being made, to the persons who are named in or subject to the decision, and to any other persons who intervened in the proceeding.

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• 9 (1) Where a document is required under these Rules to be served personally, the service shall be made

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  • (b) in the case of a partnership or other non-incorporated association of persons, by leaving a copy of the document with a person whom the partnership or association has designated to the Commission as its representative for the matter in question or, if there is no such person, with any other person who appears to manage or be in control of a place of business operated by the partnership or association and who agrees to accept service; and

• (2) A document that is served by ordinary or registered mail shall be served at the address where mail is ordinarily received, as found on the most recent document filed with the Commission.

• (3) The date of service of a document is

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  • (c) where the document is served by electronic transmission, the date of receipt that appears on the facsimile or electronic version of the document as processed by the recipient's facsimile or computer.

• (4) Where these Rules require a document to be served, the Commission or designated officer, as the case may be, may, in the interests of a fair, informal and expeditious consideration of the matter, require proof of service to be filed with the Commission or designated officer.

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• 3 (1) The Commission or, where applicable, a designated officer may vary or supplement any of these Rules, in order to ensure that a proceeding be dealt with as informally and expeditiously as the circumstances and the considerations of fairness permit.

• (2) Any procedural matter that arises in the course of a proceeding that is not provided for in these Rules shall be dealt with by the Commission or, where applicable, a designated officer as informally and expeditiously as the circumstances and the considerations of fairness permit.

• 33 (1) Before making an order under section 35 or paragraph 37(2)(f) of the Act, an inspector or a designated officer, as the case may be, shall inform, either orally or in writing, the person to whom the order is given of its nature and the basis for it, as well as any proposed time limit for compliance.

• 13 (1) In the case of a public hearing that is conducted by the Commission, a participant may request the Commission to issue a summons by submitting a request in writing before the start of the hearing or an oral request at the hearing, but in any case as soon as the circumstances giving rise to the request become known to the participant.

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• (5) Where a public hearing is adjourned and the day for its reconvening is not disclosed at the time of the adjournment, the Commission must notify the person who is under summons of the date of the reconvening

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  • (b) where the Commission has given less than five days notice of the reconvening, within such notice period as is fair and reasonable in the circumstances.

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