Regulation 77 Notice of appeal

A person desiring to appeal under regulation 74, 75 or 76 against the decision of a registration officer must give notice of the appeal to the registration officer within 14 days of the receipt of the notice given under regulation 73 (grant or refusal of applications), specifying the grounds of appeal.

The registration officer must forward any such notice to the appropriate court in the manner directed by rules of court together in each case with a statement of the material facts which in that officer’s opinion have been established in the case, of his decision upon the whole case and on any point which may be specified as a ground of appeal.

Where it appears to the registration officer that any notices of appeal given to that officer are based on similar grounds, the officer must inform the court of this to enable the court (if it thinks fit) to consolidate the appeals or select a case as a test case.

In the application of this regulation to Scotland, a reference to the court is to be read as a reference to the sheriff.