SCHEDULE 7Further provisions regarding empty dwelling management orders
Part 4Appeals
“The operative time” for the purposes of paragraph 9(2)
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(1)
This paragraph defines “the operative time” for the purposes of paragraph 9(2).
(2)
If no appeal is made under paragraph 26 before the end of the period of 28 days mentioned in paragraph 27(2), “the operative time”is the end of that period.
(3)
If an appeal is made under paragraph 26 before the end of that period, and a decision is given on the appeal which confirms the order, “the operative time”is as follows—
(a)
if the period within which an appeal to the Lands Tribunal may be brought expires without such an appeal having been brought, “the operative time” is the end of that period;
(b)
if an appeal to the Lands Tribunal is brought, “the operative time” is the time when a decision is given on the appeal which confirms the order.
(4)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)—
(a)
the withdrawal of an appeal has the same effect as a decision which confirms the order, and
(b)
references to a decision which confirms the order are to a decision which confirms it with or without variation.