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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nagoya-protocol-compliance-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/821",
  "legislation_title": "The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nagoya-protocol-compliance-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) Any appeal under this Schedule must be made to the First-tier Tribunal .\n(2) In any appeal where the commission of an offence is an issue requiring determination, the Secretary of State must prove that offence according to the same burden and standard of proof as in a criminal prosecution.\n(3) In any other case the Tribunal must determine the standard of proof.\n(4) All notices (other than stop notices) are suspended pending determination or withdrawal of the appeal.\n(5) The Tribunal may suspend or vary a stop notice.\n(6) The Tribunal may, in relation to the imposition of a requirement or service of a notice—\n(a) withdraw the requirement or notice;\n(b) confirm the requirement or notice;\n(c) vary the requirement or notice;\n(d) take such steps as the Secretary of State could take in relation to the act or omission giving rise to the requirement or notice;\n(e) remit the decision to confirm the requirement or notice, or any matter relating to that decision, to the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/1976) govern the practice and procedure to be followed by the First-tier Tribunal in proceedings allocated to the Tribunal's General Regulatory Chamber."
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/821/schedule/paragraph/25",
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  },
  "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."
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