Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Rules of Practice and Procedure (SOR/2012-247)

Marginal note:Defect in form or procedure

• 5 (1) A proceeding or any part of a proceeding may not be defeated by reason only of a defect in form or procedure.

• Marginal note:Unanticipated procedural matters

  (2) Any procedural matter or question that is not provided for in the Act, in these Rules or in any regulations made pursuant to the Act that arises in the course of any proceeding may be dealt with in any manner that the Board directs in order to ensure the fair and expeditious conduct of any proceeding.

• Marginal note:Board discretion

  (3) For the purpose of ensuring the fair and expeditious conduct of any proceeding, the Board may vary, supplement or dispense with any requirement set out in these Rules.