207JDetermination of application for internal review

207J Determination of application for internal review (1) On receiving an application made in accordance with section 207H, the Secretary must appoint a delegate of the Secretary— (a) to conduct an internal review of the decision the subject of the application (the ***original decision***); and (b) to make a decision— (i) to affirm the original decision; or (ii) to set aside the original decision and, if the original decision was to refuse to approve the applicant to be an approved category A scheme operator or to refuse to renew their approval, approve the applicant to be an approved category A scheme operator or renew their approval (as the case requires). (2) The Secretary must not appoint for the purposes of subsection (1) a person who made the original decision as a delegate of the Secretary. (3) The Secretary must give the applicant written notice of a decision under subsection (1)(b) within 28 days after receiving the application. (4) If the Secretary does not give the applicant written notice of a decision under subsection (1)(b) within the period specified in subsection (3), the original decision is taken to have been affirmed. S. 207K inserted by No. 26/2025 s. 8.