56Application for internal review

56 Application for internal review

(1)  An application for internal review is to –

(a) be in accordance with section 66 ; and

(b) be lodged with the Commission within 30 days after the day on which the Commission notifies the applicant of the relevant administrative decision.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , the Commission may consider an application for internal review that is defective in form or lodged out of time if it is satisfied in the circumstances of a particular case that –

(a) it would be fair to do so; and

(b) the review would not, on account of practical developments or the passage of time, be futile.