Appeal to board of medical referees
31.—(1) Where a person is dissatisfied with the decision of the selected medical practitioner as set out in a report under regulation 30(6), he may, within 28 days after he has received a copy of that report or such longer period as the police authority may allow, and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 6, give notice to the police authority that he appeals against that decision.
(2) In any case where within a further 28 days of that notice being received (or such longer period as the police authority may allow) that person has supplied to the police authority a statement of the grounds of his appeal, the police authority shall notify the Secretary of State accordingly and the police authority shall refer the appeal to a board of medical referees, appointed in accordance with arrangements approved by the Secretary of State, to decide.
(3) The decision of the board of medical referees shall, if it disagrees with any part of the report of the selected medical practitioner, be expressed in the form of a report of its decision on any of the questions referred to the selected medical practitioner on which it disagrees with the latter’s decision, and the decision of the board of medical referees shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 32, be final.