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  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), written notice of appeal against a decision on an issue of a medical nature stating–\n(a) the appellant’s name and address; and\n(b) the grounds of the appeal,\nmust be given to the authority within 28 days of the date on which the appellant receives the documents referred to in rule 4(4) of Part 8; and where the appellant receives those documents on different dates, they shall be treated for this purpose as received on the later or latest of those dates.\n(2) Where–\n(a) notice of appeal is not given within the period specified in sub paragraph (1); but\n(b) the authority are of the opinion that the person’s failure to give it within that period was not due to the person’s own default,\nthey may extend the period for giving notice to such length, not exceeding six months from the date mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), as they think fit.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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