Appeal on point of law from determination of disablement question

(1) Any person aggrieved by the determination of any disablement question by a medical board or medical referee may appeal therefrom to an appeal tribunal on the ground that the determination was erroneous on a point of law. (2) An appeal under paragraph (1) of this Regulation may be made at the instance of– (a) the claimant or a trade union of which the claimant was a member on the date when the claim arose; (b) the Manager. (3) An appeal made at the instance of the claimant or a trade union must be brought by giving notice of appeal in writing at the office of the Board not later than twenty–one days after the date on which the decision against which the appeal is made was issued to the claimant or within such 176 Social Security longer period not exceeding sixty days as the chairman of an appeal tribunal may, in special circumstances, allow. (4) The Board shall refer an appeal under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable to an appeal tribunal by written notice of reference and a copy of such notice shall be sent forthwith to the appellant. (5) Where an appeal is made at the instance of the Manager he shall– (a) give notice of appeal in writing to an appeal tribunal within twenty–one days after the date of the decision from which the appeal is made; and (b) send as soon as practicable a copy of such notice of appeal to the claimant. (6) A notice of appeal given under paragraph (3) or (5) of this Regulation shall include a statement of the point of law and the grounds upon which the determination appealed against is alleged to be erroneous. (7) The decision of the tribunal on the point of law shall be referred to the medical board or medical referee from whose decision the appeal was made, and such board or referee shall confirm or revise the determination of any disablement question accordingly.