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PART 4Appeals from the Tribunal

Decision as to permission to appeal

29.—(1) The application for permission to appeal shall be decided without an oral hearing unless—

(a)the decision is made immediately following an oral application; or

(b)the Chairman considers that special circumstances render a hearing desirable.

(2) The decision of the Tribunal on an application for permission to appeal, together with the reasons for its decision, shall be recorded in writing.

(3) 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 in writing.

(4) Where the Tribunal refuses the application, the notification to the appellant under paragraph (3) shall include notification of the time within which an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal, the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland or Court of Session may be made.