s 21A Appeals to the Appeals Committee
(1) A person may appeal to the Appeals Committee against— (a) a decision to refuse the person’s application for registration, or (b) if the person is a person to whom paragraph (b) of section 9(1) applies, a decision to remove or not to re-enter the person’s name in the Register as a result of section 9(1). (2) The Board may make rules about appeals to the Appeals Committee, including in particular rules about— (a) the period within which any appeal must be made; (b) the way in which an appeal is to be made or withdrawn; (c) the fee that must be paid on the making of an appeal (including circumstances in which that fee may or must be refunded); (d) the procedure to be followed by the Appeals Committee in relation to an appeal; (e) the effect of the making of an appeal, pending its determination, on the decision appealed against. (3) On the determination of an appeal, the Appeal Committee may make any decision that could have been made by the person who made the decision appealed against. (4) The Appeals Committee must, within the prescribed period after determining a person’s appeal, serve on the person written notice of the decision made on that determination.