{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-regulations-1987/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1941",
  "legislation_title": "The Safety of Sports Grounds Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Appeals under section 5 of the 1975 Act",
  "text": "(1) An appeal under section 5 of the 1975 Act() shall be brought (in accordance with subsection (3A) or, as the case may be, subsection (3B) of section 5 of that Act()) in the case of an appeal in respect of—\n(a) a general safety certificate, not later than twenty-eight days, and\n(b) a special safety certificate, not later than seven days,\nafter the relevant date.\n(2) In paragraph (1) above “relevant date” means—\n(a) in the case of a person to whom a safety certificate is issued, the date of the receipt by him of that certificate;\n(b) in the case of a person on whom a notice is served under section 4(1) (a) or 5(1) of the 1975 Act or regulation 5(1), (2) or (3) above, the date of the receipt by him of that notice; and\n(c) in the case of any other person, the date of the publication of the notice required by regulation 5(5) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 5 was amended by paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and by section 22 of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Subsections (3A) and (3B) of section 5 were inserted by section 22(3) of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1941/regulation/6",
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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."
}