PART III APPEALS TO TRIBUNAL FROM SPECIAL ADJUDICATOR

13 Leave to appeal
1 An appeal may be brought only with the leave of the Tribunal.
2 An application for leave shall be made not later than 5 days after the person making it (“the appellant” ) has received notice of the determination against which he wishes to appeal.
3 An application for leave shall be made by serving upon the Tribunal Form A2 which shall be —
(i) signed by the appellant or his representative; and
(ii) accompanied by the original or a copy of the special adjudicator’s determination together with all the grounds relied on.
4 An application for leave shall be decided not later than 10 days after its receipt by the Tribunal.
5 Where the Tribunal fails to decide any application for leave under this rule within the time prescribed, the application shall be deemed to have been granted.
6 An application for leave shall be decided without a hearing unless the Tribunal considers that there are special circumstances which make a hearing necessary or desirable.
7 When an application for leave has been decided, the Tribunal shall forthwith send to the parties to the appeal a notice recording its decision on the application for leave and, where leave to appeal is refused, the reasons for the refusal.