Review of local authority determination
4.—(1) A proprietor who disagrees with any determination made by the local authority under section 7(2) of the Act may apply to the Secretary of State for a review of that determination within one month, beginning with the date on which the proprietor is informed of that determination.
(2) An application for a review under paragraph (1) must include the proprietor’s reasons for making it.
(3) The proprietor must provide the local authority with a copy of any application made under paragraph (1) within one week, beginning with the date on which the application is made.
(4) Within three months, beginning with the date on which an application is received under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must—
(a)review the determination made by the local authority,
(b)confirm that determination or substitute the Secretary of State’s own determination, and
(c)inform the proprietor and the local authority of the outcome of the review.