Every person who is aggrieved by any decision of the compensating authority with respect to a compensation question or by any failure on the part of the compensating authority to notify him of any such decision within the appropriate time prescribed by these regulations, may within 13 weeks of the notification to him of the decision or the expiry of the prescribed time, as the case may be, institute proceedings for the determination of the question by a tribunal in accordance with the Industrial Tribunals (Employment and Compensation) Regulations 19672, or in Scotland, the Industrial Tribunals (Employment and Compensation) (Scotland) Regulations 19673, or in Northern Ireland, the Industrial Tribunals (Employment and Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1967 and these regulations; and the tribunal shall determine the question accordingly.

For the purpose of any such proceedings a person or persons may be appointed to sit with the tribunal as assessor or assessors.

The compensating authority shall give effect to the decision of the tribunal subject to any modifications that may be required in consequence of any appeal from that decision on a point of law.