(1)A party to proceedings before a residential property tribunal may appeal to the [F1Upper Tribunal] from a decision of the residential property tribunal.
[F2(2)But the appeal may only be made with the permission of the residential property tribunal or the Upper Tribunal.]
(3)On the appeal—
(a)the [F3Upper Tribunal] may exercise any power which was available to the residential property tribunal, and
(b)a decision of the [F3Upper Tribunal] may be enforced in the same way as a decision of the residential property tribunal.
[F4(4)Section 65A of the Rent Act 1977 (right of appeal from a rent assessment committee in Wales) does not apply to a decision of a residential property tribunal).]
(5)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 231(1) substituted (1.6.2009) by Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 276(a) (with Sch. 5)
F2S. 231(2) substituted (1.6.2009) by Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 276(b) (with Sch. 5)
F3Words in s. 231(3) substituted (1.6.2009) by Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 276(a) (with Sch. 5)
F4S. 231(4) substituted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 175 (with Sch. 3)
F5S. 231(5) omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 276(c) (with Sch. 5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 231 excluded by Housing Act 1985 (c. 68), Sch. 5 para. 11(5B) (as inserted (4.7.2005 (E.) and prosp. (W.)) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 181(3), 270(4)(5)(c)); S.I. 2005/1729, art. 2(a) (subject to art. 3)
Commencement Information
I1S. 231 wholly in force at 16.6.2006; s. 231 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 270(4)(5); s. 231 in force for E. at 4.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1729, art. 2(a) (subject to art. 3); s. 231 in force for W. at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)