Commentary on provisions of Act Section 8: Appeals
Section 8 provides for the recipient of a compliance notice to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) against a decision of the Regulator to serve a compliance notice or to refuse to issue a completion certificate (subsections (1) and (4)). Subsections (2) and (5) set out the reasons for which an appeal can be brought and subsections (3) and (6) set out the powers of the Tribunal. Subsection (7) provides that the Tribunal may suspend any part of a compliance notice pending an appeal in respect of that notice. Subsection (8) enables the Upper Tribunal to suspend a requirement or prohibition in a compliance notice where a person appeals against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal under Section 8.