{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-31A/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-31A/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/31A/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) A person on whom a penalty notice is served may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal on any of the grounds mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The grounds are that—\n(a) the decision to require payment of the penalty was based on an error of fact;\n(b) the decision was wrong in law;\n(c) the decision was unreasonable.\n(3) On an appeal under this paragraph the First-tier Tribunal may—\n(a) quash the penalty notice,\n(b) confirm the penalty notice, or\n(c) vary the penalty notice by reducing the amount of the monetary penalty.\n(4) Where an appeal under this paragraph is made, the requirement to pay the monetary penalty is suspended pending the final determination or withdrawal of the appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 31A inserted (29.4.2026 but only in relation to the power to make regulations conferred by s. 436E and Sch. 31A para. 5, otherwise prosp.) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 38(7), 78(1)(a)(3)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/31A/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:40.627017+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."
}