Part 3: Building Act 1984 Miscellaneous and general Section 56: Appeals Background
The Building Safety Regulator’s functions will include overseeing the safety and performance of all buildings. The Building Safety Regulator will be overseeing the performance of other building control bodies (local authorities and Approved Inspectors), so appeals should go to it, rather than the Secretary of State.
	Appeals on building control matters have historically been heard in the Magistrates’ court, but they are civil issues. The Act creates routes of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in England.
Example
A developer wishes to appeal a decision made by the Building Safety Regulator on a building control matter in England; this will be heard by the First-tier Tribunal rather than the Secretary of State or the magistrates’ court. This will create a level of expertise within the First-tier Tribunal in England to deal with building safety hearings, which previously would have been heard by a local magistrate who might hear no more than one construction related case per year.
Further notes are provided for this section in Schedule 6.