Where any provision of this Act provides—
for an appeal to a magistrates' court against a requirement, order, refusal or other decision of a highway authority or a council, or
for any other matter to be determined by, or an application in respect of any matter to be made to, a magistrates' court,
the procedure shall be by way of complaint for an order.
The time within which an appeal such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above may be brought is 21 days from the date on which notice of the decision of the highway authority or council is served on the person wishing to appeal, and for the purpose of this subsection the making of the complaint is to be deemed to be the bringing of the appeal.