# The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 2: Provisional notices

Extent: N.I.

(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 sub-paragraph (2).
(2) A Union importer may within 28 days beginning on the day a provisional notice issued under sub-paragraph (1) is served make written representations to the Secretary of State in relation to the proposed imposition of a compliance notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1664/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/schedule/paragraph-2
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