S.L. 158.1 Art. 9Procedure for appeals to the Board.

(1) An appeal to the Board under article 4(1) of the

Ordinance may be made by means of an application to be filed within six days from the date on which the applicant for registration is notified of the order refusing the registration.

(2) The application to the Board shall, on pain of nullity, be signed by an advocate or a legal procurator, and shall contain a clear indication of the premises in respect of which it is made and a statement of the grounds on which the appeal is entered.

(3) With each application there shall be filed a true copy thereof for service upon the Officer.

(4) On the filing of each application to the Board, a registry fee of three euros and forty-nine cents (3.49) shall be paid in addition to the appropriate transport fees for service of the copy of the application.

(5) The date of hearing shall be so fixed by the Board that not less than eight working days shall intervene between the filing of the application and the first hearing of the matter, provided that not less than three working days shall be allowed between the date of service of the application of the Officer and the date fixed for the hearing of the application.

(6) The Officer shall make his submissions orally or in writing, if any, at the first hearing of the matter.

(7) In default of any submissions on the day fixed for hearing, in contestation of the demand contained in the application, the Board shall allow the application.

(8) The Board may, if it deems it so necessary, carry out an inspection of the premises through its technical members.

(9) The fee payable to the advocate or legal procurator representing the parties in an appeal to the Board under article 4(1) of the Ordinance shall not be less than four euros and sixty-six cents (4.66) and not more than nine euros and thirty-two cents (9.32), as may be fixed by the Board.

(10) The provisions of the Reletting of Urban Property

(Regulation) Ordinance shall apply to any application by means of which an appeal is entered to the Board under article 4(1) of the Ordinance and to the proceedings connected therewith.