PART 5Miscellaneous provisions, enforcement and offences

Appeals against improvement noticesI138

1

Any person who is aggrieved by an improvement notice may appeal to a magistrates' court or, in Scotland, to the sheriff.

2

The procedure on an appeal to a magistrates' court under paragraph (1) is by way of complaint, and the Magistrates' Courts Act 19808 applies to the proceedings.

3

An appeal to the sheriff under paragraph (1) is by summary application.

4

The period within which an appeal may be brought is 28 days or the period specified in the improvement notice, whichever ends the earlier.

5

An improvement notice must state—

a

the right of appeal to a magistrates' court or to the sheriff; and

b

the period within which such an appeal may be brought.

6

A court may suspend an improvement notice pending an appeal.