CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-145, C.D.1 P.C. NO. 18-254 1 PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-52 (5) If more than one member is appointed to the 2 appeals panel, the secretariat shall designate one 3 member of the panel as the Chair whose opinion shall 4 determine the appeal in the event of a tie. 5 6 (6) The appeals panel: (a) Shall give a copy of the application for 7 review to persons affected by the decision under review 8 and any other person who made a submission to the 9 Authority in a consultation relating to the decision 10 under review, and invite such persons to make 11 submissions; 12 (b) May determine an application on the papers or 13 convene a hearing in person or by teleconference or 14 other means that permits all those participating to 15 communicate with each other simultaneously and 16 instantaneously; and 17 (c) In all other matters, may determine its own 18 procedures as it sees fit, provided that such procedures 19 do not give one person affected by the decision an 20 advantage over any other person affected by the 21 decision. 22 23 24 25 (7) An appeal shall be by way of rehearing on the evidence before the Authority. The appeals panel: (a) Shall take into account information submitted by a party to the appeal that updates the information 43 of 119