# The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 7: Appeals

Extent: E+W

(1) The person on whom a stop notice is served may appeal against the decision to serve it.
(2) The grounds of appeal are—
(a) that the decision was based on an error of fact;
(b) the decision was wrong in law;
(c) that the decision was unreasonable;
(d) that any step specified in the notice is unreasonable;
(e) that the person has not committed the offence and would not have committed it had the stop notice not been served;
(f) that the person would not, by reason of any defence, have been liable to be convicted of the offence had the stop notice not been served.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/154/schedule/3/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-7
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