(1)Where, in the case of [F2a claim to which this section applies], 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 [F3appropriate tribunal] on the issue whether the decision was rightly made on that ground.
[F4(1A)This section applies to—
(a)any such claim as is referred to in section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act;
(b)a claim under a scheme mentioned in section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (compensation schemes for armed and reserve forces).]
(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 F5. . . .
(3)F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 5A inserted (15.11.2000 for specified purposes otherwise 9.4.2001) by 2000 c. 19, s. 57(1) (with s. 83(6)); S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(4)(a)(b)
F2Words in s. 5A(1) substituted (21.1.2005 ) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 5, 8, Sch. 1 para. 2(2); S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in s. 5A(1)(b) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9(1), Sch. 3 para. 10
F4S. 5A(1A) inserted (21.1.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), Sch. 1 para. 2(3); S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words in s. 5A(2) repealed (21.1.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 7, 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.
F6S. 5A(3) repealed (21.1.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 7(4), 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/116, art. 2, Sch.
