# The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019, Paragraph 20: Appeals

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The person on whom a stop notice is served may appeal against the decision to serve it.
(2) The grounds for appeal are—
(a) that the decision was based on an error of fact;
(b) that the decision was wrong in law;
(c) that the decision was unreasonable;
(d) that any step specified in the notice is unreasonable;
(e) that the person has not committed the offence and would not have committed it had the stop notice not been served;
(f) that the person would not, by reason of any defence, permit or licence have been liable to be convicted of the offence had the stop notice not been served;
(g) that the decision was wrong for any other reason.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/527/schedule/3/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/invasive-alien-species-enforcement-and-permitting-order-2019/schedule-3/paragraph-20
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