Regulation 79 Appropriate court for appeals against notices

(1)

In England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the appropriate court for the purposes of regulation 78 is—

(a)

the court in which proceedings have been brought in relation to the lift or the safety component for lifts for an offence under regulation 70 (offences);

(b)

an employment tribunal seized of appeal proceedings against a notice which relates to the lift or the safety component for lifts and which has been served under or by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 (enforcement powers of the Health and Safety Executive under the 1974 Act);

(c)

in Northern Ireland, an industrial tribunal seized of appeal proceedings against a notice which relates to the lift or the safety component for lifts and which has been served under or by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 (enforcement powers of the Department under the 1978 Order);

(d)

in any other case, a magistrates' court.

(2)

In Scotland, the appropriate court for the purposes of regulation 78 is—

(a)

the sheriff of a sheriffdom in which the person making the appeal resides or has a registered or principal office; or

(b)

(3)

A person aggrieved by an order made by a magistrates' court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland pursuant to an application under regulation 78, or by a decision of such a court not to make such an order, may appeal against that order or decision—

(a)

in England and Wales, to the Crown Court;

(b)

in Northern Ireland, to the county court.