(1) Subject to subsection (4), where any person is dissatisfied with the decision given by a deciding officer or the determination of a designated person in relation to a claim under section 196, 197 or 198, the question shall, on notice of appeal being given to the Chief Appeals Officer within the prescribed time, be referred to an appeals officer.
(2) Regulations may provide for the procedure to be followed on appeals and references under this Part.
(3) An appeals officer, when deciding a question referred under subsection (1), shall not be confined to the grounds on which the decision of the deciding officer or the determination of the designated person, as the case requires, was based, but may decide the question as if it were being decided for the first time.
(4) No appeal may be made under subsection (1) by any person against the decision given by a deciding officer on a question under paragraph (hh) of section 300(2) until the recoverable benefits specified in the relevant stat
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