Hearing of parties

(1) Before an administrative act is issued that interferes with the rights of a party, that party must be given the opportunity to comment on the facts material to the decision.
(2) A hearing may be dispensed with where 1. an immediate decision appears necessary because of danger in delay or in the public interest; 2. compliance with a period decisive for the decision would be called into question by the hearing; 3. it is not intended to depart, to the party's disadvantage, from the factual particulars that the party has given in an application or a declaration; 4. general orders or administrative acts of a like kind are intended to be issued in a larger number; 5. income-dependent benefits are intended to be adjusted to changed circumstances; 6. measures are to be taken in administrative enforcement; or 7. a set-off or netting is intended against claims of, or with claims of, less than 70 euros; no. 5 remains unaffected.