(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, if the chief inspector is of the opinion that a person to whom a registration under section one or section three of this Act relates or to whom an authorisation was granted, under section six or section seven of this Act—
(a)is failing to comply with any limitation or condition subject to which the registration or authorisation has effect, or
(b)is likely to fail to comply with any such limitation or condition,
he may serve a notice under this section on that person.
(2)A notice under this section shall—
(a)state that the chief inspector is of the said opinion;
(b)specify the matters constituting the failure to comply with the limitations or conditions in question or the matters making it likely that such a failure will occur, as the case may be; and
(c)specify the steps that must be taken to remedy these matters and the period within which those steps must be taken.
(3)Where a notice is served under this section the chief inspector shall—
(a)in the case of a registration, if a certificate relating to the registration was sent to a local authority under subsection (6) of section one or subsection (5) of section three of this Act, or
(b)in the case of an authorisation, if a copy of the authorisation was sent to a public or local authority under subsection (5)(b) of section eight of this Act,
send a copy of the notice to that authority.
(4)In the case of an authorisation granted by the chief inspector and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in accordance with subsection (1) of section eight of this Act, the power to issue notices under this section shall be exercisable by the chief inspector or by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as if references to the chief inspector were references to the chief inspector or that Minister.]
Textual Amendments
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 11B–11C amended by S.I. 1990/2598, art. 2