(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, any determination by the Compensation Board of a question which it is within their functions to determine shall be final.
(2)The Compensation Board may on the application of a person appearing to them to be interested—
(a)at any time review any such determination of theirs as is mentioned in subsection (1) (including a determination given by them on a previous review), if they are satisfied that there has been a relevant change of circumstances since the determination was made, or that the determination was made in ignorance of a material fact or based on a mistake as to a material fact or was erroneous in point of law, and
(b)at any time within a period of three months from the date of the determination, or within such longer period as they may allow in any particular case, review such a determination on any ground.
(3)The Compensation Board’s powers on a review under this section include power—
(a)to vary or revoke any determination previously made,
(b)to substitute a different determination, and
(c)generally to deal with the matters arising on the review as if they had arisen on the original determination;
and also include power to make savings and transitional provisions.
(4)Subject to subsection (5), regulations may make provision with respect to the procedure to be adopted on any application for a review under this section, or under any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland, and generally with respect to such applications and reviews.
(5)Nothing in subsection (4) shall be taken to prevent such a review being entered upon by the Compensation Board without an application being made.