Making an appeal
3.—(1) An appeal is to be made by a notice of appeal sent to the proper officer.
(2) A notice of appeal—
(a)must state the full name and address of the appellant;
(b)may specify some other address as being the address to which the appellant wishes documents to be sent to him or her in connection with the appeal;
(c)must state the date and reference number of the disputed decision; and
(d)may include any representations which the appellant desires to make in addition to the original representations.
(3) If the appeal is made later than the time limit mentioned in section 72(1) or (as the case may be) paragraph 5(1) of schedule 6 of the Act, the notice of appeal must include a statement of the reasons on which the appellant relies for justifying the delay, and the adjudicator must treat any such statement of reasons as a request for extending that time limit.
(4) The notice of appeal must be signed by the appellant or his or her authorised representative.