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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-20",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/703",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Discharge of an enforcement undertaking",
  "text": "(1) The management authority must issue a certificate (“a discharge certificate”) if it is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that an enforcement undertaking has been complied with.\n(2) An enforcement undertaking ceases to have effect on the issue of a discharge certificate.\n(3) The management authority may require the person who gave the undertaking to provide sufficient information to determine that the undertaking has been complied with.\n(4) The person who gave the undertaking may at any time apply for a discharge certificate.\n(5) The management authority must decide whether to issue a discharge certificate and give written notice of the decision to the applicant (including information as to the rights of appeal) within 14 days of the application.\n(6) The applicant may appeal against a decision not to issue a discharge certificate on the grounds that the decision—\n(a) was based on an error of fact;\n(b) was wrong in law;\n(c) was unreasonable;\n(d) was wrong for any other reason.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/703/schedule/2/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:55.507599+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."
}