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39 Appeals against improvement notices.E+W+S

(1)On an appeal against an improvement notice, the court may either cancel or affirm the notice and, if it affirms it, may do so either in its original form or with such modifications as the court may in the circumstances think fit.

(2)Where, apart from this subsection, any period specified in an improvement notice would include any day on which an appeal against that notice is pending, that day shall be excluded from that period.

(3)An appeal shall be regarded as pending for the purposes of subsection (2) above until it is finally disposed of, is withdrawn or is struck out for want of prosecution.

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C1S. 39 applied (with modifications) (2.9.2013) by The Fish Labelling Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1768), regs. 1(1)(b), 9

C2S. 39 applied (with modifications) (26.9.2013) by The Fish Labelling (Wales) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2139), regs. 1(2), 7

C5S. 39 applied (with modifications) (19.9.2014 for specified purposes, 13.12.2014 for specified purposes, 13.12.2016 in so far as not already in force) by The Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2303), regs. 1(3)(4)(b)(5)(b), 12(4), Sch. 4 Pt. 4 (with reg. 12(6))

C6S. 39 applied (with modifications) (13.12.2014) by The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3001), reg. 7(4) (with reg. 3)

C9S. 39 applied (with modifications) (24.6.2015) by The Honey (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1348), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with regs. 4, 5)

C10S. 39 applied (with modifications) (3.8.2015) by The Honey (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1507), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with reg. 22)

C13S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2000/845, reg. 5A(5), Sch. Pt. 5 (as inserted (20.7.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/688), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(b)(c)) (as amended (1.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/62, regs. 1(3), 4 and (22.2.2020) by S.I. 2020/43, reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(b))

C14S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2003/3207, reg. 10A(5), Sch. 9 Pt. 5 (as inserted (20.7.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/688), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 3(b)(c)) (as amended (1.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/62, regs. 1(3), 4 and (22.2.2020) by S.I. 2020/43, reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 3(2)(b))

C15S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2007/3521, reg. 28A(5), Sch. Pt. 5 (as inserted (20.7.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/688), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4(b)(c)) (as amended (1.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/62, regs. 1(3), 4 and (22.2.2020) by S.I. 2020/43, reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)(b))

C16S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1997/2182, reg. 6A(5), Sch. 3 Pt. 5 (as inserted (20.7.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/688), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(h)(j)) (as amended (1.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/62, regs. 1(3), 4 and (22.2.2020) by S.I. 2020/43, reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(b))

C17S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/3051, reg. 3A(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 5 (as inserted (20.7.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (England) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/688), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(a)(c)) (as amended (1.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/62, regs. 1(3), 4 and (22.2.2020) by S.I. 2020/43, reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 5(3)(b))

C19S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2007/3573, reg. 28A(5), Sch. Pt. 5 (as inserted (2.8.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/639), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4(b))

C21S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/3254, reg. 3A(5), Sch. 2 Pt. 5 (as inserted (2.8.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/639), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(a))

C23S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2004/314, reg. 10A(5), Sch. 9 Pt. 5 (as inserted (2.8.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/639), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 3(b))

C24S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2000/1866, reg. 5A(5), Sch. Pt. 5 (as inserted (2.8.2016) by The Food for Specific Groups (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/639), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 2(b))

C25S. 39 applied (with modifications) (15.8.2014 for specified purposes, 13.12.2014 for specififed purposes, 13.12.2016 in so far as not already in force) by The Food Information Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1855), reg. 12(4), Sch. 4 Pt. 4 (with regs. 1(9)(b), 12(6))

C26S. 39 applied (with modifications) (22.12.2016) by The Caseins and Caseinates (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1130), regs. 1(3), 8(2), Sch. 5 Pt. 2 (with regs. 3, 8(3))

C27S. 39 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2012/2705, Sch. 2 Pt. 2 (as inserted (14.9.2017) by The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/832), reg. 1(3), Sch.)

C28S. 39 applied (with modifications) (26.9.2017) by The Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/848), regs. 1(1), 7, Sch. 5

C29S. 39 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2018) by The Novel Foods (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1103), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 Pt. 3 (with reg. 5(4))

C31S. 39 applied (with modifications) (26.3.2018) by The Jam and Similar Products (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/274), reg. 1(3), Sch. 5 (with reg. 3)

C33S. 39 applied (with modifications) (E.) (22.2.2020 for all purposes except in respect of infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates and 22.2.2022 in so far as not already in force) by The Food for Specific Groups (Food for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula) (Information and Compositional Requirements) (Amendment etc.) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/43), regs. 1(1)(2), 4(5), Sch. 2 para. 5 (as amended by S.I. 2021/168, reg. 2(2)) (as amended by S.I. 2021/168, reg. 2(2)) Edit

C34S. 39 applied (with modifications) (W.) (22.2.2020 for all purposes except in respect of infant formula and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates and 22.2.2021 in so far as not already in force) by The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/89), regs. 1(1)(2), 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 5 (with savings in reg. 5(4)(5), Sch. 4 para. 26(1)(2) (as inserted (16.9.2021) by S.I. 2021/955, reg. 2(2), Sch.))

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