(i) if the respondent is entitled to lodge an adjudication response
under section 20--the date on which the respondent lodges the response or, if
a response is not lodged, the end of the period within which the respondent
was entitled to lodge a response, or
(ii) in any other case--the date on
which notice of the adjudicator's acceptance of the application is served on
the claimant and the respondent, or
(b) within such further time as the
claimant and the respondent may agree.
(a) may request further written submissions from either party
and must give the other party an opportunity to comment on those submissions,
and
(b) may set deadlines for further submissions and comments by the
parties, and
(c) may call a conference of the parties, and
(d) may carry out
an inspection of any matter to which the claim relates.
(4A) If any such
conference is called, it is to be conducted informally and the parties are not
entitled to any legal representation.
(5) The adjudicator's power to
determine an adjudication application is not affected by the failure of either
or both of the parties to make a submission or comment within time or to
comply with the adjudicator's call for a conference of the parties.