{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004/schedule-A1/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004/schedule-A1/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/34",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) A person to whom a final notice is given may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against—\n(a) the decision to impose the penalty, or\n(b) the amount of the penalty.\n(2) An appeal under this paragraph must be brought within the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the final notice is given to the person.\n(3) If a person appeals under this paragraph, the final notice is suspended until the appeal is finally determined, withdrawn or abandoned.\n(4) An appeal under this paragraph—\n(a) is to be a re-hearing of the authority’s decision, but\n(b) may be determined having regard to matters of which the authority was unaware.\n(5) On an appeal under this paragraph the First-tier Tribunal may quash, confirm or vary the final notice.\n(6) The final notice may not be varied under sub-paragraph (5) so as to impose a financial penalty of more than the local housing authority could have imposed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (22.6.2026 for specified purposes) by Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (c. 26), s. 145(1)(7), Sch. 4 para. 34 (with s. 138); S.I. 2026/638, reg. 2(c)(vi)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/schedule/A1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:48.975968+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."
}