Part II

Pensions
Chapter III

War Pensions

Rights of appeal.
57
1
After section 5 of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 there shall be inserted—

Appeals in other cases.
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Where, in the case of any such claim as is referred to in section 1, 2 or 3 of this Act, the Minister makes a specified decision—
a
he shall notify the claimant of the decision, specifying the ground on which it is made, and
b
thereupon an appeal against the decision shall lie to the Tribunal on the issue whether the decision was rightly made on that ground.
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For the purposes of subsection (1), a “specified decision” is a decision (other than a decision which is capable of being the subject of an appeal under any other provision of this Act) which is of a kind specified by the Minister in regulations made by statutory instrument.
3
Regulations under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
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S. 57 wholly in force at 9.4.2001; s. 57 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 86(2); s. 57 in force for certain purposes at 15.11.2000 and for all other purposes at 9.4.2001 by S.I. 2000/2994, art. 2(4)
1943 c. 39.
S. 57(2)(3) repealed (6.4.2005) by Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 (c. 32), ss. 7, 8, Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/356, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
S. 57(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 11