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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-civil-sanctions-england-order-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111492512",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Completion certificates",
  "text": "(1) Where, after service of a stop notice, the regulator is satisfied that the person has taken the steps specified in the notice, the regulator must issue a certificate to that effect (a “completion certificate”).\n(2) The stop notice ceases to have effect on the issue of a completion certificate.\n(3) The person on whom the stop notice is served may at any time apply for a completion certificate.\n(4) The regulator must make a decision as to whether to issue a completion certificate within 14 days of such an application.\n(5) The person on whom the stop notice was served may appeal against a decision not to issue a completion certificate on the grounds that—\n(a) the decision was based on an error of fact;\n(b) the decision was wrong in law;\n(c) the decision was unfair or unreasonable;\n(d) the decision was wrong for any other reason.",
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  "version": "current",
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  },
  "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."
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