455.This section enables certain persons to appeal to a residential property tribunal against a prohibition notice. The persons who can appeal are set out in subsection (2) and include accountable persons, residents in and owners of residential units (in respect of regulated buildings) and duty holders and occupiers (in respect of relevant HMOs). An appeal may be made on one or more of the grounds in subsection (4).
456.Unlike a compliance notice (other than an urgent action notice), a prohibition notice is not automatically suspended pending an appeal, although the tribunal can direct this (subsection (5)). This is because the risk threshold for a prohibition notice is greater, and it would not be appropriate to expose people, including residents, to that level of risk while an appeal is heard.
457.Subsection (6) provides that, in determining an appeal, the tribunal may:
	uphold the notice,
	vary the notice e.g. to change the area of the building to which prohibitions apply or vary restrictions on use, or
	quash the notice.
458.Subsection (7) provides a regulation making power for Welsh Ministers to amend the list of those who can appeal a prohibition notice.
Commentary on Sections Powers of enforcing authorities to give notices Section 99 - Appeal against prohibition notice