PART VIIAPPEALS
Appeals to the Secretary of State in respect of decisions by certifying officers
23. Where a certifying officer decides—
(a)in pursuance of section 2 of the 1976 Act and Regulation 12, to refuse to issue a certificate of compliance or a certification plate; or
(b)in pursuance of section 4 of that Act, that a vehicle does not conform with a type vehicle; or
(c)in pursuance of Regulation 20, to cancel a certificate of compliance or a certification plate,
he shall notify the applicant for the certificate or plate, or for the certificate of conformity under section 4 of the Act of 1976 or the person who was the operator of the transport equipment immediately before the certificate or plate was cancelled, as the case may be, and a person aggrieved by any such decision may, within a period of six weeks from the date of such notification, appeal to the Secretary of State by notice in writing to the address specified in the notification, and the Secretary of State may make such determination on the appeal as he thinks fit.