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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-management-of-hedgerows-england-regulations-2024/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348260472",
  "legislation_title": "The Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-management-of-hedgerows-england-regulations-2024",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) The person on whom a stop notice is served may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against the decision to serve it in writing before the end of the period specified by the Regulator in the notice which must not be less than 28 days.\n(2) The grounds for appeal are—\n(a) that the decision was based on an error of fact;\n(b) that the decision was wrong in law;\n(c) that the decision was unreasonable;\n(d) that any step specified in the notice is unreasonable;\n(e) that the person has not committed the offence and would not have committed it had the stop notice not been served;\n(f) that the person would not, by reason of any defence, have been liable to be convicted of the offence had the stop notice not been served;\n(g) any other reason.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348260472/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:15.171657+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."
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