Appeals relating to emergency measures
Housing Bill
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'(1) A person on whom a notice under section (Notice of emergency remedial action) has been served in connection with the taking of emergency remedial action under section (Emergency remedial action) may appeal to a residential property tribunal against the decision of the local housing authority to take that action.
(2) A relevant person may appeal to a residential property tribunal against an emergency prohibition order.
(3) An appeal under subsection (1) or (2) must be made within the period of 28 days beginning with—
(a) the date specified in the notice under section (Notice of emergency remedial action) as the date when the emergency remedial action was (or was to be) started, or
(b) the date specified in the emergency prohibition order as the date on which the order was made,
as the case may be.
(4) A residential property tribunal may allow an appeal to be made to it after the end of that period if it is satisfied that there is a good reason for the failure to appeal before the end of that period (and for any delay since then in applying for permission to appeal out of time).
(5) An appeal under subsection (1) or (2)—
(a) is to be by way of a re-hearing, but
(b) may be determined having regard to matters of which the authority were unaware.
(6) The tribunal may—
(a) in the case of an appeal under subsection (1), confirm, reverse or vary the decision of the authority;
(b) in the case of an appeal under subsection (2), confirm or vary the emergency prohibition order or make an order revoking it as from a date specified in that order.
(7) Paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 applies for the purpose of identifying who is a relevant person for the purposes of subsection (2) in relation to an emergency prohibition order as it applies for the purpose of identifying who is a relevant person for the purposes of Part 3 of that Schedule in relation to a prohibition order.'.—[Keith Hill.]
Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.