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(3) An application to review an access blocking order or a payment blocking order must be made—
- (a) within the period specified in the order or notice of the order, if served, being not less than 14 days; or
- (b) within 28 days after the effective date of the order, in any other case.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), an authorised officer may, after considering the written representations made under subsection (2) —
- (a) confirm or vary the access blocking order or payment blocking order, as the case may be, with effect from such date as may be specified; or
- (b) revoke the access blocking order or payment blocking order, as the case may be, with effect from such date as may be specified.
(5) Before making any decision under subsection (4), an authorised officer must have regard to, and give such weight as the officer considers appropriate to, the matters in section 20(2) or 21(4), as the case may be, and all or any of the following matters:
- (a) public interest considerations balanced against the technical or commercial feasibility of disabling access or blocking payment;
- (b) any other matter which the authorised officer considers relevant.
(6) An authorised officer may, on the application at any time of an affected person or on the officer’s initiative, vary or revoke an access blocking order or a payment blocking order (as the case may be) if the authorised officer is satisfied—
- (a) upon further evidence, that the order ought not to have been made;
- (b) that there has been a material change in circumstances;
- (c) for an access blocking order, that the online location has stopped being—
