SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Further provisions regarding empty dwelling management orders
Part 4Appeals
29“The operative time” for the purposes of paragraph 9(2)
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.