Part IIIE+W Other Provisions about Buildings

Appeal to Crown CourtE+W

86 Appeal to Crown Court.E+W

(1)Where a person—

(a)is aggrieved by an order, determination or other decision of a magistrates’ court [F1under, or under an instrument made under, this Part or Part 4 as it applies in relation to this Part,] and

(b)is not by any other enactment authorised to appeal to the Crown Court,

he may appeal to the Crown Court.

(2)Subsection (1) above does not confer a right of appeal in a case in which each of the parties concerned might under this Act have required that the dispute should be determined by arbitration instead of by a magistrates’ court.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 86(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2024 except in relation to W., 6.4.2024 for W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 52; S.I. 2024/104, reg. 2(j)(iii) (with reg. 3); S.I. 2024/207, reg. 2(d)(xi), Sch. (with regs. 3, 4, 8-12)