This section applies in relation to a prescribed decision of the regulator.
A prescribed person may, before the end of a period prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, give a notice to the regulator requiring it to carry out a review of the decision in accordance with this section.
A notice under subsection (2) must—
The nature and extent of the review are to be such as appear to the regulator to be appropriate in the circumstances.
The review must take account of any representations made, or information given, by the person at a stage which gives the regulator a reasonable opportunity to consider the representations or information (and may take account of any other information).
On the conclusion of the review the regulator must either uphold or vary the decision.
The regulator must notify the person of the outcome of the review and its reasoning before the end of a period prescribed for the purposes of this subsection or such other period as may be agreed in writing ("the relevant period").
Where the regulator is required to undertake a review but does not notify the person by the end of the relevant period—
The decisions that may be prescribed under subsection (1) are any decisions of the regulator under, or under an instrument made under, this Act or the Building Act 1984 except—