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