# The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 4: Completion certificates


(1) 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”).
(2) The stop notice ceases to have effect on the issue of a completion certificate.
(3) The person on whom the stop notice is served may at any time apply for a completion certificate.
(4) The regulator must make a decision as to whether to issue a completion certificate within 14 days of such an application.
(5) The person on whom the stop notice was served may appeal against a decision not to issue a completion certificate on the grounds that—
(a) the decision was based on an error of fact;
(b) the decision was wrong in law;
(c) the decision was unfair or unreasonable;
(d) the decision was wrong for any other similar reason.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/1288/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-civil-sanctions-wales-regulations-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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