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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-appeals-regulations-1997/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2237",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Appeals) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-appeals-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of appeals",
  "text": "Any appeal may be withdrawn by the person who made the appeal—\n(a) before a question has been referred to a tribunal under section 12 of the 1997 Act, by written notice in writing to the Compensation Recovery Unit and with the consent of the Secretary of State;\n(b) after the reference has been made and before the hearing begins, by written notice to the chairman of the tribunal to which a question was referred and with the written consent of the Secretary of State;\n(c) after the hearing has begun, at any time before the determination is made with the leave of the chairman of the tribunal and the consent of the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2237/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:56:33.882975+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}