PART 5ENFORCEMENT AND OFFENCES
Enforcement notices19
1
If the Secretary of State (“S”) has reason to believe that a person (“P”) has committed an offence under these Regulations, S may give P a notice (an enforcement notice) in accordance with paragraph (2).
2
An enforcement notice must—
a
state S’s grounds for believing this;
b
specify the matter that constitutes the offence;
c
specify what P must stop doing, or the measure that, in S’s opinion, P must take in order to comply with these Regulations;
d
require P to stop doing the action specified in the notice, or 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 P of the right of appeal conferred by regulation 20; and
f
inform P of the period within which such an appeal may be brought.
3
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with an enforcement notice is guilty of an offence.