22.—(1) Any person aggrieved by any of the following decisions of the Authority (called in this section the appellant) may appeal to the Minister:
(a)
the refusal to register the appellant, vary the appellant’s class of registration or renew the appellant’s registration;
(b)
the modification of conditions of the appellant’s registration under section 16(5);
(c)
any provision of a code of practice applicable to the appellant under section 17;
(d)
any direction under section 18 given to the appellant;
(e)
any compliance order under section 19 imposed on the appellant;
(f)
any regulatory sanction under section 20 imposed on the appellant.
(2) An appeal under this section —
(a)
must be in writing;
(b)
must specify the grounds for the appeal; and
(c)
must be made —
(i)
in the case of a decision referred to in subsection (1)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f), within 14 days after the date of service of the decision; or
(ii)
in the case of a decision referred to in subsection (1)(b), within 28 days after the date of service of the decision.
(3) An appellant who makes an appeal to the Minister under this section must provide such information as may be required by the Minister in such manner and within such period as may be specified by the Minister.
(4) The Minister may reject an appeal of an appellant who fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (2) or (3).
(5) After consideration of an appeal, the Minister may —
(a)
reject the appeal and confirm the Authority’s decision; or
(b)
allow the appeal and substitute or vary the Authority’s decision,
and the Minister’s decision is final.
(6) Every appellant must be notified of the Minister’s decision under subsection (5).
(7) Any decision of the Authority appealed against under this section must be complied with until the determination of the appeal, except that —
(a)
a condition that is the subject of the appeal need not be complied with until the determination of the appeal; and
(b)
a financial penalty that is the subject of the appeal need not be paid until the determination of the appeal.