Right of Appeal 13.1 If the Administrator: 13.1.1 decides not to certify a facility or to vary a certificate which has been issued; 13.1.2 serves a notice imposing a buy-out fee under Rule 7 upon determining that a target unit has failed to meet its target; or 13.1.3 decides to vary or not to vary the target for a target unit, the Operator may appeal to the Tribunal against the decision. 13.2 In respect of an Operator which enters into an agreement after 1 April 2013, the Operator may appeal to the Tribunal against the target that has been set for the target unit by the Administrator. 13.3 For the purposes of Rule 13.2, the date on which notice of the decision is deemed to have been sent to the Operator is the later of the date the agreement is entered into or the date the Administrator sends notice to the Operator of the target for the target unit. 13.4 The grounds on which an Operator may appeal under Rule 13.1 and 13.2 are: 13.4.1 that the decision was based on an error of fact; 13.4.2 that the decision was wrong in law; 13.4.3 that the decision was unreasonable; 13.4.4 any other reason. 13.5 The bringing of an appeal suspends the effect of the decision pending final determination by the Tribunal of the appeal or its withdrawal. 13.6 On determining an appeal under these Rules the Tribunal must either: 13.6.1 affirm the decision; 13.6.2 quash the decision; or 13.6.3 vary the decision.
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