Paragraph 4 Completion certificates

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”).

The stop notice ceases to have effect on the issue of a completion certificate.

The person on whom the stop notice is served may at any time apply to the Regulator in writing for a completion certificate.

The Regulator must make a decision as to whether to issue a completion certificate within 14 days from the date on which the application was received.

The person on whom the stop notice was served may appeal against a decision not to issue a completion certificate in writing before the end of the period specified by the Regulator in the notice, which must not be less than 28 days, on the grounds that the decision was—