Paragraph 2 Provisional noticesI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Where the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to issue a compliance notice under paragraph 1(1), the Secretary of State must first by notice (a “provisional notice”) inform the relevant Union importer of the—

(a)

grounds for the proposed compliance notice;

(b)

requirements that the compliance notice would contain; and the

(c)

Union importer's right to make representations to the Secretary of State under F1sub-paragraph (2).

(2)

A Union importer may within 28 days beginning on the day a provisional notice issued under F2sub-paragraph (1) is served make written representations to the Secretary of State in relation to the proposed imposition of a compliance notice.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. para. 2(1)(c) substituted (8.3.2021) by The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/145), regs. 1(1), 7(a)(ii)
F2: Word in Sch. para. 2(2) substituted (8.3.2021) by The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/145), regs. 1(1), 7(a)(ii)

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 2 in force at 1.1.2021, see reg. 1(1)