Paragraph 5 Service of final notice

If the person who has received notice of intent does not discharge liability within 28 days, the food authority may serve a final notice imposing a fixed monetary penalty.

The food authority may not serve a final notice on a person where it is satisfied that the person would not, by reason of any defence, be liable to be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.

Where a food authority serves a final notice relating to a fixed monetary penalty, it may not serve any other notice under these Regulations in relation to the offence.