{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/schedule-19C/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000/schedule-19C/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/41",
  "legislation_title": "Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/political-parties-elections-and-referendums-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/19C/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person served with a stop notice may appeal against the decision to serve it on the ground that—\n(a) the decision was based on an error of fact,\n(b) the decision was wrong in law,\n(c) the decision was unreasonable,\n(d) any step specified in the notice is unreasonable, or\n(e) the person has not acted as mentioned in paragraph 10(2)(b) or (3)(b) and would not have done so even if the stop notice had not been served,\nor on such other grounds as may be prescribed.\n(2) A person served with a stop notice may appeal against a decision not to issue a completion certificate on the ground that the decision—\n(a) was based on an error of fact,\n(b) was wrong in law, or\n(c) was unfair or unreasonable,\nor an such other grounds as may be prescribed.\n(3) An appeal under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is to (in England and Wales) the county court or (in Northern Ireland) a county court or (in Scotland) the sheriff.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 19C inserted (1.12.2010) by Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (c. 12), ss. 3(2), 43(1), Sch. 2; S.I. 2010/2866, art. 3(c)(f) (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 19C para. 13(3) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 121(d); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/41/schedule/19C/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:25.524976+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."
}