# The Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025, Regulation 9: Improvement notices


(1) If an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a relevant business operator is failing to comply with the requirements of regulation 5(1) the authorised officer may, by a notice served on the relevant business operator (an “improvement notice”)—
(a) state the officer’s grounds for believing that the relevant business operator is failing to comply with a marking notice;
(b) specify the matters which constitute the relevant business operator’s failure to comply;
(c) specify the measures which, in the officer’s opinion, the relevant business operator must take in order to secure compliance; and,
(d) require the relevant business operator to take those measures, or measures that are at least equivalent to them, within such period (not being less than 14 days) as may be specified in the notice.
(2) Any relevant business operator who fails to comply with an improvement notice may be required to pay a fixed monetary penalty.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348272536/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marking-of-retail-goods-regulations-2025/regulation-9
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