SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Procedure and appeals relating to improvement notices
Part 3Appeals relating to improvement notices
“The operative time” for the purposes of section 16(7)
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1
This paragraph defines “the operative time” for the purposes of section 16(7) (postponement of time when a variation of an improvement notice comes into force).
2
If no appeal is made under paragraph 13 before the end of the period of 28 days mentioned in paragraph 14(2), “the operative time”is the end of that period.
3
If an appeal is made under paragraph 13 before the end of that period and a decision is given on the appeal which confirms the variation, “the operative time”is as follows—
a
if the period within which an appeal to the Lands Tribunal may be brought expires without such an appeal having been brought, “the operative time” is the end of that period;
b
if an appeal to the Lands Tribunal is brought, “the operative time” is the time when a decision is given on the appeal which confirms the variation.
4
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)—
a
the withdrawal of an appeal has the same effect as a decision which confirms the variation, and
b
references to a decision which confirms the variation are to a decision which confirms it with or without variation.