Revision of decisionsN.I.
10 .F1—F2F3(1) [F4Subject to Article 36(3), ]any decision of the Department under Article 9 or 11 may be revised by the Department—
(a)either within the prescribed period or in prescribed cases or circumstances; and
(b)either on an application made for the purpose or on the Department's own initiative,
and regulations may prescribe the procedure by which a decision of the Department may be so revised.
(2) In making a decision under paragraph (1), the Department need not consider any issue that is not raised by the application or, as the case may be, did not cause the Department to act on its own initiative.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5) and Article 27, a revision under this Article shall take effect as from the date on which the original decision took (or was to take) effect.
(4) Regulations may provide that, in prescribed cases or circumstances, a revision under this Article shall take effect as from such other date as may be prescribed.
(5) Where a decision is revised under this Article, for the purpose of any rule as to the time allowed for bringing an appeal, the decision shall be regarded as made on the date on which it is so revised.
(6) Except in prescribed circumstances, an appeal against a decision of the Department shall lapse if the decision is revised under this Article before the appeal is determined.
F1mod. by SR 1999/349, 350
F2mod. by SR 1999/225
F3prosp. in pt. certain functions transf. by 2002 c. 21
F4Words in art. 10(1) repealed (28.11.2016 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 7; S.R. 2016/411, art. 2(3)(c) (with art. 4)