Section 6 - Reviews of determinations and appeals to the First-tier Tribunal
19.Section 6 of the Act specifies that regulations which may be made under section 2 may make provision about what happens when a person wants to challenge a determination about their eligibility for funding. The regulations may make provision about reviews of decisions and for appeals to the First-Tier Tribunal. If regulations are made under section 2 of the Act which make provision about the imposition of financial penalties (by virtue of section 3) then section 6(2) requires that they must also make provision to enable a person to challenge the imposition or the amount of any financial penalty imposed.
