57 Rights of appeal.U.K.
(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.”
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 57(2)(3) repealed (6.4.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 7, 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/356, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F2S. 57(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 11
Commencement Information
I1S. 57 wholly in force at 9.4.2001; s. 57 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 86(2); s. 57 in force for certain purposes at 15.11.2000 and for all other purposes at 9.4.2001 by S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(4)
Marginal Citations