1) Should a dispute arise over the interpretation of a safety standard referred to in regulation 4 between the user, the accredited person or the supplier, as the case may be, the affected person may appeal against that interpretation to the chief inspector through the regional director.
2)
a) The person who appeals under subregulation (1) shall serve a notice of appeal, setting out fully the grounds of the appeal, on both the regional director and the person against whose interpretation he is appealing, by personally delivering the notice of appeal or sending it by registered post.
b) The person against whose interpretation is appealed shall, within 14 days of the date on which he received the notice of appeal, forward such a notice and the reasons for this decision to the regional director.
c) the regional director shall, on receipt thereof, forward the notice of appeal and the reasons of the person referred to in paragraph (b), to the chief inspector.
3) The chief inspector shall, after he has considered the grounds of the appeal and the cause of the dispute, confirm, set aside or vary the interpretation of the safety standard referred to in subregulation (1) or substitute for such interpretation any other interpretation which, in his opinion, ought to have been given.