7. In section 104 of that Act (review of decisions), after subsection (3A) insert the following subsection—
“(3B) Where a claimant has appealed against a decision of an adjudication officer and the decision is reviewed under this section by an adjudication officer, then—
(a)if the adjudication officer considers that the decision which he has made on the review is the same as the decision that would have been made on the appeal had every ground of the claimant’s appeal succeeded, then the appeal shall lapse; but
(b)in any other case, the review shall be of no effect and the appeal shall proceed accordingly.”.