{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/schedule/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/schedule/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1664",
  "legislation_title": "The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conflict-minerals-compliance-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Compliance notices",
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State has—\n(a) issued a provisional notice under paragraph 2(1); and\n(b) the period referred to in paragraph 2(2) has expired,\nthe Secretary of State may issue a compliance notice to the relevant Union importer.\n(2) A compliance notice issued under sub-paragraph (1) must inform the relevant Union importer of—\n(a) the Secretary of State's position in respect of any written representations made by the Union importer under paragraph 2(2);\n(b) the grounds for the compliance notice, which must have been contained in the provisional notice issued under paragraph 2(1);\n(c) the requirements of the compliance notice;\n(d) the period or periods within which the requirements specified in the compliance notice must be met;\n(e) the Union importer's right to apply for a review of the compliance notice under sub-paragraph (3); and\n(f) the consequences of failing to comply with a compliance notice.\n(3) A Union importer which has been issued a compliance notice under sub-paragraph (1) may, within 28 days beginning on the day that that compliance notice is served, apply to the Secretary of State for a review of the compliance notice on the following grounds—\n(a) the issuing of a compliance notice was based on a material error of fact;\n(b) the issuing of a compliance notice is wrong in law; or\n(c) the requirements that are specified in the compliance notice are unreasonable.\n(4) On an application for a review of the compliance notice under sub-paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must decide whether to vary, revoke or uphold the compliance notice.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. para. 3(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)(iii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 3(2)(e) substituted (8.3.2021) by The Conflict Minerals (Compliance) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/145), regs. 1(1), 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. para. 3(3) 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)(iii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. para. 3(4) 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)(iii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 3 in force at 1.1.2021, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1664/schedule/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:56.409768+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}