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Part 6Appeals

88Refusal of licensing authority to grant licence

Any person who is aggrieved by a decision—
of the Director-General made under section 30 or section 38; or
of the licensing authority made under section 51—

Every appeal under subsection (1) shall be commenced within 28 days after the date on which the decision that is the subject of the appeal has been given to the person seeking to bring the appeal, or within such extended time as the Medicines Review Committee may allow.
On any such appeal, the Medicines Review Committee may confirm or reverse or modify the decision that is the subject of the appeal, as it thinks fit.