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21.—(1) If the Department has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under these Regulations, the Department may give that person an enforcement notice in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) An enforcement notice must—
(a)state the Department’s grounds for believing that an offence has been committed;
(b)specify the matter that constitutes the offence;
(c)specify what that person must stop doing, or the measures that, in the Department’s opinion, the person must take in order to comply with these Regulations;
(d)require the person to stop doing the action specified in the notice, or to take the measures specified in the notice or measures at least equivalent to them, within the period (being not less than 14 days) specified in the notice;
(e)inform the person of the right of appeal conferred by regulation 22; and
(f)inform the person of the period within with such an appeal may be brought.
(3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with an enforcement notice is guilty of an offence.
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