AppealsE+W
33.—(1) A person on whom a notice is served under paragraph (4) of regulation 30 or paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 32 may within twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the notice is served——
(a)provide written representations to the National Assembly for Wales; and
(b)give notice in writing that he wishes to appear before and be heard by an independent person appointed by the National Assembly for Wales.
(2) Where an appellant gives notice of his wish to appear before and be heard by an independent person appointed for the purpose——
(a)the National Assembly for Wales shall appoint an independent person to hear representations and specify a time limit within which representations to that independent person must be made;
(b)the person so appointed shall not, except with the consent of the appellant, be an officer or servant of the National Assembly for Wales;
(c)if the appellant so requests, the hearing shall be in public;
(d)the independent person shall report to the National Assembly for Wales.; and
(e)if the appellant so requests, the National Assembly for Wales shall provide him or her with a copy of the independent person's report.
(3) The National Assembly for Wales shall give to the appellant written notification of its final determination and the reasons for it.