{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Compensation",
  "text": "(1) A food authority must compensate a person for loss suffered as the result of the service of the stop notice or the refusal of a completion certificate if that person has suffered loss as a result of the notice or refusal and—\n(a) a stop notice is subsequently withdrawn or amended by the food authority because the decision to serve it was unreasonable or any step specified in the notice was unreasonable;\n(b) the person successfully appeals against the stop notice and the court finds that the service of the notice was unreasonable; or\n(c) the person successfully appeals against the refusal of a completion certificate and the court finds that the refusal was unreasonable.\n(2) A person may appeal against a decision not to award compensation or the amount of compensation—\n(a) on the grounds that the food authority's decision was unreasonable;\n(b) on the grounds that the amount offered was based on incorrect facts;\n(c) for any other substantial reason.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/154/schedule/3/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:25.599257+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."
}