56.—(1) Where an application about a disagreement has been made under regulation 54 (right to apply for an appointed person to review a decision), an application may be made to the Committee to reconsider the disagreement by the person who applied under regulation 54.
(2) The application must set out particulars of the grounds on which it is made, including a statement that the applicant under this regulation wishes the disagreement to be reconsidered by the Committee.
(3) An application made by the person who applied under regulation 54 must set out the matters required by paragraph (4), (5) or (6) as the case may be, of that regulation to be included in his application.
(4) The application must be accompanied by a copy of any written notification issued under regulation 52 (notification of first instance decisions).
(5) Where notice of a decision on the application under regulation 54 has been issued, the application under this regulation must state why the applicant is dissatisfied with that decision and be accompanied by a copy of that notice.
(6) The application must be signed by or on behalf of the person making it.
(7) An application for reconsideration may only be made before the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the relevant date.
(8) Where notice of a decision on the matters raised by the application under regulation 54 has been issued, the relevant date is the date of that notice.
(9) Where—
(a)an interim reply has been sent out under regulation 55(2) (notice of decisions by the appointed person under regulation 54); but
(b)no notice of decision has been issued before the expiry of the period of one month beginning with the date specified in the reply as the expected date for issuing the decision,
the relevant date is the date with which that period expires.
(10) Where no notice of decision has been issued or interim reply has been sent before the expiry of the period of 3 months beginning with the date the application under regulation 54 was made, the relevant date is the date with which that period expires.