The Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016

Appropriate court for appeals against noticesU.K.

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69.—(1) In England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the appropriate court for the purposes of regulation 68 (appeals against notices) is—

(a)the court in which proceedings have been brought in relation to the apparatus for an offence under regulation 61 (offences); or

(b)in any other case, a magistrates' court.

(2) In Scotland, the appropriate court for the purposes of regulation 68 is the sheriff of the sheriffdom in which the person making the appeal resides or has a registered principal office;

(3) A person aggrieved by an order made by a magistrates' court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland pursuant to an application under regulation 68, or by a decision of such a court not to make such an order, may appeal against that order or decision—

(a)in England and Wales, to the crown court;

(b)in Northern Ireland, to the county court.