Paragraph 7 Appeals against deemed refusal of recognition under section 32 of the Act

(1)

This rule applies where—

(a)

an application for recognition has been made in accordance with section 32 of the Act; and

(b)

the Council has neither refused nor granted the application before the expiry of the period of 42 days beginning with the date when the application was received by the Council.

(2)

For the purposes of these Rules—

(a)

the application is deemed to have been refused by the Council on the last day of that period, and

(b)

the applicant is deemed to have been notified of the refusal on that day.

(3)

The applicant may appeal to the Committee under paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Act before the expiry of the period of one month beginning with that day.

(4)

As soon as possible after receiving an application for recognition made under section 32 of the Act, the Council must notify the applicant in writing of the date on which it was received.