1. Each party to a dispute which has been referred for arbitration in terms of section 17 (2) of the Act, shall, within 14 days or within such an extended period as the parties or the arbitrator as contemplated in section 17 (2) of the Act, decides, deliver to the arbitrator and serve on the other party a statement in which is set out
a. the proposal regarding the arrangements and procedures for the nomination or the election; and
b. the decision which is sought.
2. The arbitrator as contemplated in subregulation (1) shall
a. determine the date and venue of the hearing of the arbitration which may be held in the absence of a party in default of filing a statement;
b. determine whether a pre-hearing conference shall be held;
c. determine the procedure to be followed at the arbitration, including whether it shall be inquisitorial or adversarial;
d. determine the manner in which evidence shall be conducted;
e. determine the admissibility to hearsay evidence; and
f. determine other relevant procedural matter.
3. Only an arbitrator designated by the President of the Industrial Court in terms of section 17 (2) of the Act, shall be entitled to such remuneration as is payable to an additional member of the Industrial Court.