16.—(1) The Secretary of State must compensate a person for loss suffered as the result of the service of a stop notice or the refusal of a completion certificate if a person has suffered loss as a result of the notice or refusal and—
(a)a stop notice is subsequently withdrawn or amended by the Secretary of State because the decision to serve it was unreasonable or any step specified in the notice was unreasonable;
(b)a person successfully appeals against the stop notice and the First-tier Tribunal finds that the service of the notice was unreasonable; or
(c)a person successfully appeals against the refusal of a completion certificate and the First-tier Tribunal finds that the refusal was unreasonable.
(2) A person may appeal against a decision not to award compensation or the amount of compensation on the grounds that—
(a)the Secretary of State’s decision was unreasonable;
(b)the amount offered was based on incorrect facts;
(c)the decision was wrong for any other reason.