# The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015, Paragraph 1: Appeals against notices served by the Environment Agency or the Secretary of State


(1) A person on whom an enforcement notice, a civil penalty notice or an enforcement cost recovery notice is served by the Environment Agency or the Secretary of State may appeal against it to the First-tier Tribunal.
(2) An appeal must be made within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice subject to the appeal is served.
(3) A person bringing an appeal under sub-paragraph (1) may withdraw the appeal at any time before the appeal is determined.
(4) Where an appeal is made under sub-paragraph (1), the notice is suspended until the appeal is withdrawn or determined by the First-tier Tribunal in accordance with sub-paragraph (5).
(5) The First-tier Tribunal may—
(a) affirm the notice;
(b) direct the Environment Agency or Secretary of State to vary or withdraw the notice;
(c) impose such other enforcement notice, civil penalty notice or enforcement cost recovery notice as the First-tier Tribunal thinks fit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/schedule/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015/schedule-5/paragraph-1
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