Schedule 6: Appeals and other determinations Effect
This Schedule largely transfers appeals and determinations in the Building Act 1984 in England from the Secretary of State to the Building Safety Regulator or First-tier Tribunal, and from the magistrates’ court to the First-tier Tribunal.
	This is to align the appeals procedure for all building control decisions in England to sit with the Tribunal, and to accommodate the Building Safety Regulator’s position as a new building control authority and oversight body for other building control bodies.
	The First-tier Tribunal has expertise in hearings on complicated land and property matters. The transfer of existing work, plus other appeal rights we are creating (for example, compliance and stop notices during design and build, and compliance notices in occupation) will enable it to develop expertise in building and building safety matters.
	Accordingly, following discussion with the Ministry of Justice and the Tribunal, we are amending the Building Act 1984 as follows.
	Paragraphs are grouped together where they have similar effects.