12Application for exemption

12 Application for exemption

12 Application for exemption

(1) An application made to a local authority for an exemption under section 22 of the Act is to be in the form approved by that authority.

(2) That form must contain statements to the effect that—

(a) the local authority is taken, for the purposes of any appeal proceedings, to have refused the application if the local authority fails to finally determine the application within 6 weeks after it is made, and

(b) the owner of the premises on which the relevant swimming pool is situated is entitled to appeal to the Land and Environment Court if the local authority—

(i) refuses the application (or is taken to have refused the application), or

(ii) grants the application but imposes a condition on the exemption granted.