Regulation 42 Right of appeal from decision of determining authority

Every person who is aggrieved by any decision of the determining authority with respect to a compensation question or by any failure on the part of the determining authority to notify him or, if required by these Regulations, the paying authority of any such decision within the appropriate time prescribed by these Regulations, may within thirteen weeks of the notification to him of the decision or the expiry of the prescribed time, as the case may be, institute proceedings for the determination of the question by a tribunal in accordance with the Industrial Tribunals (Employment and Compensation) Regulations 1967^f1 and these Regulations; and the tribunal shall determine the question accordingly.

A local authority (unless it is itself the sole determining authority) which is or forms part of the paying authority and which is aggrieved by any decision of the determining authority with respect to a compensation question may, within thirteen weeks of the notification to it of the decision, institute proceedings for the determination of the question by a tribunal in accordance with the said Regulations; and the tribunal shall determine the question accordingly.

For the purpose of any proceedings instituted under this Regulation a person or persons may be appointed to sit with the tribunal as assessor or assessors.

The paying authority shall give effect to the decision of a tribunal subject to any modifications that may be required in consequence of any appeal from that decision on a point of law.