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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015</dc:title><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION</dc:subject><dc:modified>2024-05-16</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2020-12-31</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>The Regulations revoke and remake with amendments the Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/261).</dc:description>
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RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><Number><Strong>PART 4</Strong></Number><Title>Enforcement</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+S" RestrictStartDate="2018-04-01"><Title>Appeals against enforcement notices <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la"><Addition ChangeId="key-73bea09c93ce5b1da426109f897e9c1f-1533824148211" CommentaryRef="key-73bea09c93ce5b1da426109f897e9c1f" Extent="E+S">etc.</Addition></Abbreviation> </Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26" id="regulation-26"><Pnumber>26</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/1" id="regulation-26-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A person who is aggrieved by an enforcement notice may appeal against it.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/2" id="regulation-26-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-703a5dd1c77bd53a0b606b9210cec69b-1533824214432" CommentaryRef="key-703a5dd1c77bd53a0b606b9210cec69b" Extent="E+S">Except in the case of an appeal mentioned in paragraph (2A), the right</Addition>  of appeal is to a magistrates' court or, in Scotland, to the sheriff.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/2A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/2A" RestrictExtent="E+S" id="regulation-26-2A"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-c1cef8dfc0565002acdbf0d8822ac9be-1533824171581" CommentaryRef="key-c1cef8dfc0565002acdbf0d8822ac9be" Extent="E+S">2A</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-c1cef8dfc0565002acdbf0d8822ac9be-1533824171581" CommentaryRef="key-c1cef8dfc0565002acdbf0d8822ac9be" Extent="E+S">Schedule 5 sets out the procedure for an appeal against an enforcement notice, a civil penalty notice or an enforcement cost recovery notice, served by the Secretary of State, the Environment Agency, the Scottish Ministers or SEPA.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/3" id="regulation-26-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The procedure on appeal to a magistrates' court is—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/3/a" id="regulation-26-3-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in England and Wales, by way of complaint, and the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 <CommentaryRef Ref="c22360351"/> applies to the proceedings;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/3/b" id="regulation-26-3-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in Northern Ireland, by way of notice, and Part 7 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 <CommentaryRef Ref="c22360361"/> applies to the proceedings.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/4" id="regulation-26-4"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ee3fca06408d8a5f668bd4c212bfc113"/>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/5" id="regulation-26-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>An appeal must be brought by no later than 28 days after the date on which the enforcement notice is served.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/6" id="regulation-26-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>An enforcement notice is not suspended pending an appeal unless the court or sheriff orders otherwise.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/7" id="regulation-26-7"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563-1533821753912" CommentaryRef="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563">7</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563-1533821753912" CommentaryRef="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563">The grounds for an appeal brought under this regulation are that a decision to serve the enforcement notice was—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/7/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/7/a" id="regulation-26-7-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563-1533821753912" CommentaryRef="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563-1533821753912" CommentaryRef="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563">based on an error of fact;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/7/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/7/b" id="regulation-26-7-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563-1533821753912" CommentaryRef="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563-1533821753912" CommentaryRef="key-43dd5339674cccb32a7d6f6b7e8df563">wrong in law;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 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(1.4.2018) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/98" id="c28yhrvy3-00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2018" Number="98" Title="The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018">The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/98)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c28yhrvy3-00016" id="c28yhrvy3-00017" SectionRef="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/98/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c28yhrvy3-00016" id="c28yhrvy3-00018" SectionRef="regulation-21-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/98/regulation/21/4" Operative="true">21(4)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-703a5dd1c77bd53a0b606b9210cec69b" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="c28yhrvy3-00024" SectionRef="regulation-26-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/310/regulation/26/2">reg. 26(2)</CitationSubRef> substituted (E.S.) 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