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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024 No. 680
15.—(1) Any appeal under these Regulations is to the First-tier Tribunal.
(2) In any appeal, except in relation to a stop notice, where the commission of an offence is an issue requiring determination, the Regulator must prove that offence according to the same burden and standard of proof as in a criminal prosecution.
(3) In any other case the Tribunal must determine the standard of proof.
(4) All notices (other than stop notices) are suspended pending appeal.
(5) The Tribunal may suspend or vary a stop notice.
(6) The Tribunal may, in relation to the imposition of a requirement or service of a notice—
(a)withdraw the requirement or notice;
(b)confirm the requirement or notice;
(c)vary the requirement or notice;
(d)take such steps as the Regulator could take in relation to the act or omission giving rise to the requirement or notice;
(e)remit the decision whether to confirm the requirement or notice, or any matter relating to that decision, to the Regulator.
(7) The Tribunal may, in the case of an appeal under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 1, decide any issue relating to compensation.
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