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SCHEDULE 8Enforcement of requirement to take preventative measures on regulated premises

Premises improvement notice

1.—(1) An enforcement officer may issue a notice (a “premises improvement notice”) to a responsible person if the officer considers that—

(a)the person is not complying with the obligations imposed on the person by regulation 16 or 17, and

(b)the measures specified in the notice are necessary and proportionate in order to ensure that the person complies with those obligations.

(2) A premises improvement notice must—

(a)specify the premises to which it relates;

(b)specify the measures it requires to be taken in order to ensure that the person complies with the obligations imposed by regulation 16 or 17;

(c)specify a time limit within which the measures must be taken (which must not be less than 48 hours beginning with the time the notice is issued);

(d)give details of the right of appeal conferred by paragraph 5.

(3) In this Schedule, “responsible person” has the meaning given by regulation 15(2).