Regulation 40 Restoration notices
(1)
A “restoration notice” is a notice requiring a person to take specified steps within a specified period to secure that the position is, so far as possible, restored to what it would have been if a contravention had not occurred.
(2)
If the Environment Agency considers that a person has contravened regulation 14(1) it may serve a restoration notice on that person.
(3)
A restoration notice must—
(a)
state the Environment Agency’s reason for serving it;
(b)
specify the matters constituting the contravention;
(c)
specify the steps which must be taken to secure restoration, so far as possible;
(d)
specify the period within which those steps must be taken;
(e)
give information as to the rights of appeal (including the period within which an appeal must be brought).