Appropriate court for appeals against notices etc and further appealsU.K.
14.—(1) In England and Wales, or Northern Ireland, the appropriate court for the purposes of regulation 13 is—
(a)the court in which proceedings have been brought for an offence under regulation 7 (offences);
(b)an employment tribunal seized of appeal proceedings against a notice which relates to PPE which has been served under or by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;
(c)an industrial tribunal seized of appeal proceedings against a notice which relates to PPE which has been served under or by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (enforcement powers of the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland under the 1978 Order); or
(d)in any other case, a magistrates' court in England and Wales, or Northern Ireland.
(2) In Scotland the appropriate court for the purposes of regulation 13 is—
(a)the sheriff of a sheriffdom in which the person making the appeal resides or, as the case may be, has a registered or principal office; or
(b)an employment tribunal seized of appeal proceedings against a notice which relates to PPE which has been served under or by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2.
(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 13, 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.