Regulation 48 Infringement notices

If an enforcement authority have objective grounds for considering that any person has contravened any provision to which this regulation applies, they may serve upon that person a notice in writing (in these Regulations referred to as an “infringement notice”)—

An infringement notice may include directions as to the measures to be taken by the person on whom the notice is served to ensure that the contravention does not continue or, as the case may be, does not recur, including the different ways of securing compliance.

If an enforcement authority serves an infringement notice in accordance with paragraph (1), they shall forthwith inform—

This regulation applies to regulations 3A, 12(1) and (2), 13(1), 22(2) to (5), 25(1) and (2)(a), 27, 28(1) to (3), 29, 29A, 30(2), 31A to 35, 36(1), 36A, 36B, 42, 43(1) and (6), 45A, 46 and 46A.

In this regulation, “enforcement authority” means any Minister or body on whom a duty or power to enforce any provisions of these Regulations is imposed or conferred by or under F4regulation 323(1) or 324(1) of the 2012 Regulations as applied by regulation 47.