Regulation 5 Enforcement notices

(1)

If the chief inspector is of the opinion that a person has failed to comply with one or more of the provisions of the Council Regulation he may serve on him a notice (“an enforcement notice”).

(2)

An enforcement notice shall—

(a)

state that the chief inspector is of the said opinion;

(b)

specify the matters constituting the failure to comply;

(c)

specify the steps that must be taken to remedy the failure to comply; and

(d)

specify the period within which those steps must be taken.

(3)

Where an enforcement notice which is not to take immediate effect has been served—

(a)

the notice may be withdrawn by the chief inspector at any time before the end of the period specified therein; and

(b)

the period so specified may be extended or further extended by the chief inspector at any time when an appeal against the notice is not pending.