{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-regulation-enforcement-measures-scotland-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-regulation-enforcement-measures-scotland-order-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/383",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Regulation (Enforcement Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-regulation-enforcement-measures-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Appeals against non-compliance penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person on whom a non-compliance penalty is imposed may appeal against the notice.\n(2) An appeal under this paragraph may be made on one or more of the following grounds:—\n(a) the decision to serve the notice was based on an error of fact;\n(b) the decision was wrong in law;\n(c) the decision was unreasonable for any other reason (including that the amount of the penalty was unreasonable); or\n(d) any other reason.\n(3) An appeal under this paragraph must be made within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the non-compliance penalty notice under paragraph 14 is served.\n(4) Where an appeal is made under this paragraph, the non-compliance penalty is suspended from the day on which the appeal is made until the day on which the appeal is determined or withdrawn.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 15 in force at 12.11.2015, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/383/schedule/2/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:01.378659+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."
}