(1) If this Act requires that a person be given an opportunity to be heard before a particular thing is to be, or may be done, that person shall be deemed to have been given such an opportunity—
(a) if the person attends before the Registrar personally or by an advocate or other agent, and is given such an opportunity; or
(b) if the person intimates, personally or by an advocate or other agent, that the person does not wish to be heard; or
(c) if the person has been served with a notice in writing specifying the nature of the thing to be done and appointing a day and time not less than seven days after service of the notice at which, if the person attends before the Registrar, the person may be heard.
(2) If a person or an advocate or other agent on the person’s behalf attends before the Registrar concerning a matter on which the person is entitled to be heard, or fails to attend pursuant to such a notice, the Registrar may, adjourn the hearing from time to time, and, notwithstanding failure to attend, may, hear that person at any time.
(a) if the person attends before the Registrar personally or by an advocate or other agent, and is given such an opportunity; or
(b) if the person intimates, personally or by an advocate or other agent, that the person does not wish to be heard; or
(c) if the person has been served with a notice in writing specifying the nature of the thing to be done and appointing a day and time not less than seven days after service of the notice at which, if the person attends before the Registrar, the person may be heard.
(2) If a person or an advocate or other agent on the person’s behalf attends before the Registrar concerning a matter on which the person is entitled to be heard, or fails to attend pursuant to such a notice, the Registrar may, adjourn the hearing from time to time, and, notwithstanding failure to attend, may, hear that person at any time.
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