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4-3 Conflict with Other Time and Notice Requirements In any case of conflict of time and notice requirements between this rule and any other rule of the Commission, the provisions of this rule shall be applied. 4-4 Service of Notices, Documents, and Other Papers (a) Upon Whom Served. All notices, documents, and other papers shall be served on the Commission and all parties, except that where a party is represented, such representative shall be served, rather than the party. (b) Method of Service. Service shall be made by personal delivery, first-class mail, or by other means authorized by law. If by mail, service shall be regarded as complete upon the mailing of an item which is properly stamped and addressed. (c) Additional Time after Service by Mail. Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act within a prescribed period after the service of a notice, document, or paper upon that party by mail, two days shall be added to the prescribed period. 4-5 Presiding Officer (a) Person Presiding. The chairperson of the Commission, one of its members, or a hearing officer duly appointed and designated, shall preside at the hearing. (b) Powers. The presiding officer controls the course of hearings, administers oaths, rules on questions of evidence, holds appropriate conferences before or during hearings, rules upon all objections or motions which do not involve a final determination of the proceeding, receives offers of proof, fixes the time for the filing of briefs, disposes of any other matter that normally and properly arises in the course of a hearing, and takes all other actions authorized by law that are deemed necessary for the orderly and just conduct of a hearing. (c) Continuance. The presiding officer may postpone or continue any hearing to ensure the orderly and just conduct of a hearing. 4-6 Notice of Contested Case Hearing (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the notice of hearing will be served on all parties and persons on the mailing list for this purpose at their last recorded addresses within a reasonable time after the hearing date has been set. The notice shall include a statement of: (1) The date, time, place, and nature of hearing; (2) The legal authority under which the hearing is to be held; (3) The particular sections of the statutes and rules involved; 4-2