s.206.1 — Hearing officers

206.1 (1) The Board may designate one or more employees in the Board as hearing officers for the purposes of this section to exercise the powers and duties of the Board as its delegate.  ; (2) Subject to any restrictions in the regulations, a hearing officer may do the following with respect to an application described in subsection (3): 1. Hold a hearing. 2. Make an order that the Board could make, including an order made other than in connection with a hearing. (3) The applications with respect to which subsection (2) applies are the following: 1. An application for which the respondent does not appear at the time scheduled for the hearing. 2. An application specified in the Rules. (4) An order made by a hearing officer under paragraph 2 of subsection (2) is an order of the Board for the purposes of this Act.