Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

38.   Right to appeal against enforcement notices

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    (1)   If any person upon whom an enforcement notice is served is aggrieved by the enforcement notice, that person may, at any time before the enforcement notice takes effect, appeal against the enforcement notice to the Appeals Tribunal.

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    (2)   On an appeal made under subsection (1), the Appeals Tribunal—

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      (a)     if satisfied that permission was granted for the development to which the notice relates, or that no such permission was required in respect of that development, or the conditions subject to which permission was granted have been complied with, as the case may be, shall quash the enforcement notice to which the appeal relates; or

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      (b)     in any other case, shall dismiss the appeal.

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    (3)   Where an appeal is dismissed by the Appeals Tribunal under subsection (2)(b), the Appeals Tribunal may direct that the enforcement notice shall not take effect until such date, not being later than 28 days from the date of determination of the appeal, as the Appeals Tribunal thinks fit.

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    (4)   A person aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Tribunal under subsection (2) may appeal against that decision to the High Court and the operation of the enforcement notice shall be suspended until the appeal is determined.