The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

Reinstatement of struck out appeals

47.  A legally qualified panel member may reinstate an appeal which has been struck out in accordance with regulation 46 or regulation 48(2) where—

(a) the appellant has made representations, or as the case may be, further representations in support of his appeal with reasons why he considers that his appeal should not have been struck out, to the clerk to the appeal tribunal, in writing within one month of the order to strike out the appeal being issued, and the panel member is satisfied in the light of those representations that there are reasonable grounds for reinstating the appeal;

(b) the panel member is satisfied that the appellant did not receive the notification required under regulation 46(4);

(c) the panel member is satisfied that the appeal is not an appeal which may be struck out under regulation 46; or

(d) the panel member is satisfied that notwithstanding that the appeal is one which may be struck out under regulation 46, it is not in the interests of justice for the appeal to be struck out.