PART 5Miscellaneous provisions, enforcement and offences
Appeals against improvement notices39.
(1)
Any person who is aggrieved by an improvement notice may appeal to a magistrates’ court or, in Scotland, to the sheriff.
(2)
(3)
An appeal to the sheriff under paragraph (1) is by summary application.
(4)
The period within which an appeal may be brought is 28 days or the period specified in the improvement notice, whichever ends the earlier.
(5)
A court may suspend an improvement notice pending an appeal.
Appeals against improvement notices39.
(1)
Any person who is aggrieved by an improvement notice may appeal to a magistrates’ court F1....
(2)
The procedure on an appeal to a magistrates’ court under paragraph (1) is by way of complaint, and the Magistrates’ Courts Act 198016 applies to the proceedings.
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(4)
The period within which an appeal may be brought is 28 days or the period specified in the improvement notice, whichever ends the earlier.
(5)
A court may suspend an improvement notice pending an appeal.