(f) a determination of the amount of victims’ payments payable to a person. 

(2) An appeal must be brought before the end of— 

(a) the period of one year beginning with the date on which the determination or assessment was notified to the person, or 

(b) such longer period as the President of the Board considers equitable having regard to the circumstances. 

(3) An application to appeal must— 

(a) be in writing; 

(b) be on a form approved for the purpose by the Board; 

(c) be signed by or on behalf of the claimant; 

(d) be made within the period of 12 months beginning with the date on which the determination or assessment was notified to the applicant; 

(e) include such information as the President of the Board may from time to time determine, and 

(f) specify the grounds on which the application is made. 

(4) A person may appeal to the Board against a determination notwithstanding that the determination has been reviewed by the Board under regulation 43, and in such a case the period mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) begins with the date on which the result of the review was notified to the appellant. 

## Appeal Panels 

35. —(1) An appeal is to be determined on behalf of the Board by a panel appointed by the President for that purpose. 

(2) An appeal panel must consist of three members and include— 

(a) in any case where the determination of the appeal requires the appeal panel to consider an assessment by a health care professional, one legal member, one medical member and one ordinary member, and 

(b) in any other case, one legal member, one ordinary member and one other member the President considers appropriate. 

(3) An appeal panel may not consider a determination made by a panel which included any member of the appeal panel. 

## Determination of appeals 

36. —(1) An appeal under regulation 34(1) is by way of reconsideration of the determination or assessment against which the appeal is brought, and accordingly— 

(a) on an appeal under regulation 34(1)(a), paragraphs (5) to (9) of regulation 10 apply as they do to a determination under regulation 10(4); 

(b) on an appeal under regulation 34(1)(b), the appeal panel must determine whether the appellant is entitled to victims’ payments; 

(c) on an appeal under regulation 34(1)(c), the appeal panel must determine the Troubles- related incident or incidents in relation to which the applicant is entitled to victims’ payments; 

(d) on an application under regulation 34(1)(d) or (e), the appeal panel must consider whether the assessed degree of disablement provides a reasonable assessment of the degree of disablement resulting from the relevant incident; 

(e) on an application under regulation 34(1)(f)— 

(i) the appeal panel must determine the amount of victims’ payments payable to the appellant, and 

