Regulation 13 Enforcement notices
Subject to paragraph (2), if the Secretary of State is of the opinion that any person has contravened or is contravening any condition of a permit or is likely to contravene any such condition, the Secretary of State or an inspector appointed by her under regulation 12 may serve on the permit holder a notice in writing (“an enforcement notice”) which —
states that the Secretary of State is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (1);
specifies the matters which constituted, constitute or, as the case may be, are likely to constitute the contravention;
specifies the steps that must be taken to remedy or, as the case may be, to prevent the contravention; and
specifies the period within which those steps must be taken.
Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the permit condition in question relates exclusively to one or more of the trading schemes.
The steps that may be specified under paragraph (1)(c) include steps that must be taken to remedy any pollution caused by the contravention.
Where a person to whom an enforcement notice is addressed has failed to take the action required by it within such time as may be specified by it and such a notice has not been revoked, the Secretary of State may herself undertake any action so required and the reasonable costs and expenses of her so doing shall be recoverable as a debt from that person.
A person to whom an enforcement notice is addressed shall afford such assistance as the Secretary of State may reasonably require for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of any powers conferred on the Secretary of State by paragraph (4).
The Secretary of State or an inspector appointed by her under regulation 12 may revoke an enforcement notice served under paragraph (1).
The exercise by the Secretary of State of any power conferred by paragraphs (1)or (4) shall be without prejudice to the exercise by her of any other power under any other provision of these Regulations.