Part 10: Letting by Local Authorities of Vacant High-street premises Procedure preliminary to letting Section 201: Counter-notice Effect
Subsections (1) and (2) require the landlord to give a counter-notice to the local authority within 14 days of the final letting notice taking effect if it wishes to appeal against the final notice.
	Subsections (3) and (4) require the landlord to specify its grounds of appeal in the counter-notice. The grounds of appeal which the landlord can include are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 20 (Grounds of appeal against final letting notice).
	Subsection (5) gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations which amend the grounds of appeal.
	Subsection (6) extends by 28 days the 14-week window for the local authority to complete the procedure for letting in circumstances where a counter-notice is served by the landlord.