Part II Pensions

Chapter III War Pensions

I157 Rights of appeal.

1

After section 5 of the M1Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 there shall be inserted—

5A Appeals in other cases.

1

Where, in the case of any such claim as is referred to in section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act, the Minister makes a specified decision—

a

he shall notify the claimant of the decision, specifying the ground on which it is made, and

b

thereupon an appeal against the decision shall lie to the Tribunal on the issue whether the decision was rightly made on that ground.

2

For the purposes of subsection (1), a “specified decision” is a decision (other than a decision which is capable of being the subject of an appeal under any other provision of this Act) which is of a kind specified by the Minister in regulations made by statutory instrument.

3

Regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

2

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