(1) Where an application for exemption or an application for further exemption or variation of an exemption or further exemption has been filed in accordance with these regulations, the registrar shall serve upon the person making the application and the Commissioner a Notice of Preliminary Hearing.

(2) The provisions of regulation 4, in so far as they are relevant, apply to the Notice of Preliminary Hearing.

(3) Parts 4, 5 and 9 of these regulations, subject to necessary modifications, apply to an application for an exemption or for a further exemption or for a variation of an exemption or further exemption.