{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2012/9780337989537",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) An appeal under these Regulations is to the First-tier Tribunal (“the Tribunal”).\n(2) In an appeal where the commission of a breach is an issue requiring determination, the Administrator shall prove that breach on the balance of probabilities.\n(3) In any other case the Tribunal shall determine the standard of proof.\n(4) A requirement or notice which is the subject of an appeal is suspended pending the determination of the appeal.\n(5) The Tribunal may, in relation to the imposition of a requirement or service of a notice—\n(a) withdraw the requirement or notice;\n(b) confirm the requirement or notice;\n(c) take such steps as the Administrator could take in relation to the act or omission giving rise to the requirement or notice;\n(d) remit the decision whether to confirm the requirement or notice, or any matter relating to that decision, to the Administrator.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Appeals are assigned to the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of article 5B(a) of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2684, amended by S.I. 2009/196, 2009/1021 and 2009/1590). The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/1976) sets out procedural rules relating to such appeals."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337989537/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:11.554149+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."
}