{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017/regulation-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017/regulation-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1200",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/30",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Further provision about appeals",
  "text": "(1) Following an appeal under regulation 26(8) or 28(11), the Scottish Ministers may—\n(a) cancel the notice;\n(b) vary the notice;\n(c) confirm the notice;\n(d) take any action which SEPA is empowered to take in relation to the failure referred to in the notice;\n(e) remit any decision relating to the notice to SEPA.\n(2) A determination of an appeal by the Scottish Ministers is final.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may—\n(a) appoint a person to exercise any function under this regulation on the Scottish Ministers' behalf, or\n(b) refer a matter relating to the exercise of any function under this regulation to a person the Scottish Ministers may appoint for that purpose.\n(4) An enforcement notice which is the subject of an appeal is not suspended pending the Scottish Minister's decision on the appeal.\n(5) A costs recovery notice which is the subject of an appeal is suspended pending the decision of the Scottish Ministers.\n(6) Schedule 3 sets out further provision about appeals to the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1200/regulation/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:05:24.577422+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}