The Bus Lane Contraventions (Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Action on receipt of notice of appeal

13.—(1) On receiving a notice of appeal the proper officer is to send an acknowledgement of its receipt to the appellant.

(2) If the proper officer is satisfied that the notice is in accordance with regulation 12, the proper officer is to—

(a) enter particulars of the appeal in the register;

(b) send to the authority a copy of the notice of appeal; and

(c) notify the appellant and the authority of any direction given by the adjudicator under regulation 12(6).

(3) Within 21 days of the receipt of a copy of a notice of appeal, the authority is to deliver to the proper officer a copy of—

(a) the charge notice concerned;

(b) any representations made to the authority in respect of the decision to impose the charge; and

(c) the notice of rejection.

(4) If a notice of appeal—

(a) is received by the proper officer and the proper officer considers that it is not in accordance with regulation 12; or

(b) is sent outside the appeal period with a request to extend the appeal period and the adjudicator declines to direct that the period be extended,

the proper officer must inform the appellant of the reasons why the proper officer considers that the notice does not accord with regulation 12 or, as the case may be, that the adjudicator has declined the request for an extension and must record the action taken in the register.