# The Access to the Countryside (Exclusions and Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2003, Regulation 56: Notice of appeal etc.

Extent: E+W

(1) An appeal to the Secretary of State under section 30 against a decision of the relevant authority not to act in any respect in accordance with an application for a direction under section 25(1)(a) shall be made by notice given to the Secretary of State, on a form obtained from her, within six weeks of the date on which the authority issued the decision.
(2) If the appellant wishes to withdraw the appeal before it is determined, he shall do so by giving notice to the Secretary of State in writing before the appeal is determined, and the Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable, send a copy of that notice to the relevant authority.
(3) The Secretary of State shall, on the day on which she receives notice of an appeal (or on the first working day thereafter where she receives it on a day which is not a working day) send a copy of the notice to the relevant authority by electronic communication or facsimile transmission, except that where it is not reasonably practicable for the Secretary of State to comply with this requirement within the specified time she shall do so as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(4) Where a relevant authority receives a notice of appeal pursuant to paragraph (3) they shall submit their statement of case by completing the relevant section of the notice and shall then send the notice, as amended, to the Secretary of State by electronic communication or facsimile transmission before the end of the second working day after the day on which they received it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2713/regulation/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-exclusions-and-restrictions-england-regulations-2003/regulation-56
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