Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992

46 Appeals against notices

• (1) Any person affected by an inspector's notice or any variation of an inspector's notice may, within 14 days of its being given, appeal against it to a District Court on the grounds that it is unreasonable.

  (2) The court shall inquire into the circumstances of the notice or variation, and may vary, rescind, or confirm it.

  (3) An appeal against an inspector's notice or variation does not operate as a stay of the notice or variation.

  (4) Subsections (1) to (3) shall have effect in respect of—

  • (a) any notice given by an inspector under regulations made under this Act; and

  • (b) any failure or refusal by an inspector to give or allow an exemption, suspension, or variation provided for in regulations made under this Act,—

  as if it is an inspector's notice.