# The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 8: Completion certificates

Extent: E+W

(1) Where, after service of a stop notice, the food authority is satisfied that the person has taken the steps specified in the notice, the food authority must issue a certificate to that effect (a “completion certificate”).
(2) The stop notice ceases to have effect on the issue of a completion certificate.
(3) The person on whom the stop notice is served may at any time apply for a completion certificate.
(4) The food authority must make a decision as to whether to issue a completion certificate within 14 days of such an application.
(5) The person on whom the stop notice was served may appeal against a decision not to issue a completion certificate on the grounds that—
(a) the decision was based on an error of fact;
(b) the decision was wrong in law;
(c) the decision was unfair or unreasonable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/154/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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