SCHEDULE 2Enforcement
Provisions supplementary to paragraphs 3 and 4
5.
(1)
In this paragraph “a notice” means an improvement notice or a prohibition notice.
(2)
A notice may (but need not) include directions as to the measures to be taken to remedy any contravention or matter to which the notice relates; and any such directions—
(a)
may be framed to any extent by reference to any approved code of practice; and
(b)
may be framed so as to afford the person on whom the notice is served a choice between different ways of remedying the contravention or matter.
(3)
Where an improvement notice or a prohibition notice which is not to take immediate effect has been served—
(a)
the notice may be withdrawn by an inspector at any time before the end of the period specified in the notice in pursuance of paragraph 3 or paragraph 4(4) as the case may be; and
(b)
the period so specified may be extended or further extended by an inspector at any time when an appeal against the notice is not pending.