# The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 1: Imposition of a compliance notice

Extent: E+W

(1) A food authority may by notice impose a requirement to take such steps as the food authority may specify, within such period as it may specify, to secure that an offence under these Regulations does not continue or recur (a “compliance notice”).
(2) Before doing so the food authority must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has committed the offence.
(3) A compliance notice may not be imposed on a person on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/154/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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