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Regulation 9: Appeals against recovery of costs

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector and Social Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 · S.I. 2020/312View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Remedial action

A private landlord landlord on whom a demand for the recovery of costs has been served may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against the demand.

An appeal must be made within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the demand is served under regulation 8(2).

The First-tier Tribunal may allow an appeal to be made to it after the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) 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).

An appeal may be brought on the ground that all reasonable steps had been taken to comply with the remedial notice, or reasonable progress had been made towards compliance with that notice, when the local housing authority gave notice under regulation 6(2) of their intention to enter and take the action.

The tribunal may confirm, quash or vary the demand.

Where an appeal is brought against a demand for recovery of costs served under regulation 8(2), the costs become payable as follows—

if a decision is given on the appeal which confirms the demand and the period within which an appeal to the Upper Tribunal may be brought expires without such an appeal having been brought, the costs becomes payable at the end of that period;
if an appeal to the Upper Tribunal is brought and a decision is given on that appeal which confirms the demand, the costs becomes payable at the time of that decision.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (6)—

the withdrawal of an appeal has the same effect as a decision which confirms the demand, and
references to a decision which confirms the demand are to a decision which confirms it with or without variation.

No question may be raised on appeal under this regulation which might have been raised on an appeal against the remedial notice.

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