63.1
Rights of Parties
- (a) All parties to a hearing shall be
- (1) informed of the time and place of the hearing,
- (2) given access to the protest, request for redress, or report to be considered at the hearing,
- (3) allowed reasonable time to prepare for the hearing, and
- (4) allowed to have a representative present throughout the hearing of the evidence but, in a protest involving a breach of a rule of Part 2, 3 or 4, representatives of boats shall have been on board at the time of the incident unless there is good reason for the protest committee to decide otherwise.
- (b) If a party does not come to a hearing, the protest committee may proceed with the hearing in their absence.