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Paragraph 19 AppealsF1

(1)

The person on whom a stop notice is served may appeal against the decision to serve it.

(2)

The grounds for appeal are—

(a)

that the decision was based on an error of fact;

(b)

that 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, permit or licence have been liable to be convicted of the offence had the stop notice not been served.

(g)

that the decision was wrong for any other reason.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4A inserted (29.10.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1089), reg. 1, Sch.