Regulation 8 Determination of question arising on an application for the issue of an appropriate scheme certificate

Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the Board shall treat an application for an appropriate scheme certificate as an application for the determination of the question whether the scheme in question should be an appropriate scheme, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), they shall determine the question as soon as practicable.

The Board may refuse to give effect to an application if they are not satisfied that the applicant has complied with the provisions of regulation 4.

The Board may defer making a determination until such documents and information as are mentioned in regulation 4(2) and (3) have been supplied.

Where under this regulation the Board determine that a scheme should be treated as an appropriate scheme they shall issue an appropriate scheme certificate in accordance with regulation 5, and inform the Secretary of State that they have done so.

Where the Board’s determination under this regulation does not give effect to the application, the Board shall notify the applicant in writing of the determination and of the reasons for it and shall refer him to the Board’s powers of review under section 67 of the Social Security Act 1973^f1.