Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006)RulesRules for Conducting Tribunal Proceedings17. Consolidation, Joinder or Substitution of Parties |
| 1. | A Tribunal may, of its own accord or on application by a Party, join any number of persons, whether jointly, jointly and severally, or in the alternative, as parties in the same proceedings, or consolidate proceedings if their respective rights to relief depend on the determination of substantially the same question of law or facts. |
| 2. | Proceedings shall not be combined or heard at the same time if the Tribunal is of the opinion that a matter within one proceeding that is of an intimate financial or personal nature may be disclosed in the other proceeding(s). |
| 3. | Where two or more proceedings or any part of them have been combined and combining the proceedings has unduly complicated or delayed the proceedings or caused prejudice to any of the Parties, or for any other reason which the Tribunal considers to be reasonable, the Tribunal may order that the proceedings are no longer combined and that the proceedings will continue separately. |
| 4. | If a Party to proceedings has been incorrectly or defectively cited, the Tribunal, may, on application and on notice to the Party concerned, correct the error or defect. |
| 5. | If during the proceedings it becomes necessary to substitute an existing Party, a Party requiring such substitution can submit and file a notice to have such a Party substituted. |
| 6. | An application by any person to join as a Party to the proceedings, or to be substituted for an existing Party, must be accompanied by copies of all documents previously delivered, unless the person concerned or that person's representative is already in possession of those documents. |
| 7. | No joinder or substitution in terms of this procedure will affect the stage at which the proceedings are. |