24.—(1) An application to the Tribunal for permission to appeal may be decided by the Chairman, on consideration of the application.
(2) Unless the decision is made immediately following an oral application or the Chairman considers that special circumstances render a hearing desirable, the application for permission to appeal shall be decided without an oral hearing.
(3) The decision of the Tribunal on an application for permission to appeal, together with the reasons for its decision, shall be recorded in writing.
(4) Unless the decision is given immediately following an oral application, the Secretary shall notify the appellant and each of the other parties of the decision and the reasons for the decision.
(5) Where the Tribunal refuses the application, it shall issue a direction that the appellant, if he wishes to seek permission from the Court of Appeal or the Court of Session to appeal, must do so within 14 days of the Tribunal’s refusal.