Service of final noticeE+W
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5.—(1) If the person who has received notice of intent does not discharge liability within 28 days, the food authority may serve a final notice imposing a fixed monetary penalty.
(2) The food authority may not serve a final notice on a person where it is satisfied that the person would not, by reason of any defence, be liable to be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.
(3) Where a food authority serves a final notice relating to a fixed monetary penalty, it may not serve any other notice under these Regulations in relation to the offence.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2022, see reg. 1(1)