Compliance noticesN.I.
14.—(1) If an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that any person is contravening, or has contravened–
(a)a European poultrymeat provision; or
(b)regulation 4,
the authorised officer may, by notice (a “compliance notice”), require a person to take such steps (or steps at least equivalent to them), within such period as the authorised officer may specify, to secure that the contravention does not continue or recur.
(2) A compliance notice shall—
(a)state the authorised officer’s grounds for the belief;
(b)specify the matter that constitutes the contravention of these Regulations;
(c)specify the activities that shall stop, or the measures that shall be taken in order to comply with these Regulations;
(d)state the period within which an activity shall stop, or measures specified in the notice or measures at least equivalent to them shall be taken;
(e)state the right of appeal to a magistrates’ court conferred by regulation 15; and
(f)state the period within which such an appeal may be brought.
(3) It is an offence not to comply with a compliance notice.