(1) Within 7 days after the service on a party of a copy of an application for review, that party may file with the Registrar a notice stating:
(a) whether the party wishes to participate in the review; and
(b) if so, particulars of the facts and contentions on which the party intends to rely and the issues as that party sees them.
(2) Subject to any direction of the Tribunal, a party is not entitled to take any step in, or be heard at the hearing of, the review unless the party has complied with subregulation (1).