Where the ordinary processing of any appeal may, due to time constraints, cause injury to any party, the hearing authority may for good cause grant an emergency hearing on its own motion or upon good cause shown by any party thereto. Where an emergency hearing is ordered by a hearing authority, it may suspend or alter any provisions of this article necessary to avert such undue injury; provided, however, that in such cases, the hearing authority shall notify all parties of the operation of this section, and make every reasonable effort to provide substantive due process of law to all parties. All hearings pursuant to section 2A-2(c) of this chapter involving the removal or suspension of a County merit system employee and all hearings pursuant to chapter 41A, rent supplement and assistance program, shall be governed by this section. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 18, § 2; 1984, ch. 24, § 1; 1984, ch. 27, § 2.)