Appeals against refusal of certificates
13.—(1) A practitioner may appeal against a refusal of the Joint Committee to issue to him a certificate of prescribed experience or a certificate of equivalent experience, by sending a notice of appeal to the Department within a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the decision of the Joint Committee is given to him, or (subject to paragraph (2)) such longer period as the Department may allow.
(2) The Department may allow a longer period only where it is satisfied that there was reasonable cause for failing to send the notice of appeal within the period of 28 days referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) A notice of appeal shall contain a concise statement of the facts and contentions on which the practitioner intends to rely.