55.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) (in addition to provision made in Chapter 2) apply where a person (“A”) had, before 1st April 2014, a right to submit a notice of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal under section 41 of the 1974 Act but had not exercised that right before that date.
(2) A may refer the matter to the Tribunal within the specified period.
(3) Section 133 of the Act (proceedings before Tribunal: general provision)(1) applies to any such reference as if it were a disciplinary reference (within the meaning of that section).
(4) In this article, “specified period” has the same meaning as in the 1974 Act.
Substituted by S.I. 2010/22 and amended by the Financial Services Act 2012, section 23, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c.22), Schedule 9, paragraph 83, and S.I. 2013/1388.