PART 5Miscellaneous provisions, enforcement and offences
Appeals against improvement notices38
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) shall be by way of complaint, and the Magistrates' Courts Act 19808 shall apply to the proceedings.
3
An appeal to the sheriff under paragraph (1) shall be by summary application.
4
The period within which an appeal may be brought shall be one month or the period specified in the improvement notice, whichever ends the earlier.
5
An improvement notice shall 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.