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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nagoya-protocol-compliance-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/821",
  "legislation_title": "The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nagoya-protocol-compliance-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Compensation",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must compensate a person for loss suffered as the result of the service of a stop notice or the refusal of a completion certificate if a person has suffered loss as a result of the notice or refusal and—\n(a) a stop notice is subsequently withdrawn or amended by the Secretary of State because the decision to serve it was unreasonable or any step specified in the notice was unreasonable;\n(b) a person successfully appeals against the stop notice and the First-tier Tribunal finds that the service of the notice was unreasonable; or\n(c) a person successfully appeals against the refusal of a completion certificate and the First-tier Tribunal finds that the refusal was unreasonable.\n(2) A person may appeal against a decision not to award compensation or the amount of compensation on the grounds that—\n(a) the Secretary of State's decision was unreasonable;\n(b) the amount offered was based on incorrect facts;\n(c) the decision was wrong for any other reason.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/821/schedule/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:08.390266+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}