# The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 1: Imposition of a compliance notice


(1) The Secretary of State may by notice (“a compliance notice”) impose on any person, in relation to a failure to comply with any provision referred to in regulation 8(1), a requirement to take such steps as the Secretary of State may specify, within such periods as may be specified, to secure that the non-compliance does not continue or recur.
(2) Before doing so, the Secretary of State must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person has failed to comply with the provision.
(3) A compliance notice may not be imposed on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/821/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nagoya-protocol-compliance-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-1
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