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6.—(1) A notice of appeal received by the Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel must be referred by the Panel to a chairperson appointed under regulation 4(1).
(2) If the chairperson, after considering a notice of appeal, is of the opinion that that notice discloses no reasonable grounds of appeal or that an appeal is otherwise vexatious or frivolous, the chairperson may determine that appeal by dismissing it forthwith, in which case the chairperson must notify the parties accordingly.
(3) Except where an appeal is dismissed in accordance with paragraph (2), where a notice of appeal, application or referral is received by the Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel, a panel must be convened in accordance with regulation 7 and, subject to paragraph (4), the panel must determine the appeal, application or referral, as the case may be.
(4) Where paragraph 93(5) of Schedule 5 to the Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) applies and in accordance with that paragraph the panel appoints a person to consider and determine the dispute referred, the following provisions do not apply—
(a)the requirement in paragraph (3) for the panel to determine the referral; and
(b)regulation 10.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, a relevant notice of appeal, application or referral is one given under a statutory provision that prescribes the Family Practitioner Services Independent Appeal Panel as the body that is to determine the matter.
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I1Reg. 6 in operation at 1.4.2022, see reg. 1
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