{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/section-279",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023/section-279.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/52",
  "legislation_title": "Energy Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-act-2023",
  "path": "section/279",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "279",
  "heading": "Appeal against notice or direction",
  "text": "(1) A person to whom a direction under section 269 or a notice under section 273 or 274(4) is given may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against the direction or notice on the ground that the decision to give it—\n(a) is based on an error of fact,\n(b) is wrong in law, or\n(c) is unfair or unreasonable.\n(2) On an appeal under this section the Tribunal may—\n(a) confirm or cancel the direction or notice, or\n(b) refer the matter back to the Secretary of State for reconsideration with such directions (if any) as the Tribunal considers appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 279 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 334(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 279 in force at 11.1.2024 by S.I. 2024/32, reg. 2(c)(v)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/279",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:44.989649+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."
}