# The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019, Paragraph 5: Notice of intent


(1) If the appropriate authority proposes to serve on a person a compliance notice, a restoration notice or a notice imposing a fixed or variable monetary penalty under this Part, it must serve on that person a notice of what is proposed (a “notice of intent”).
(2) The notice of intent must include—
(a) the grounds for serving the proposed notice;
(b) the requirements of the proposed notice and, in the case of a penalty, the amount to be paid and how payment may be made;
(c) in the case of a fixed monetary penalty—
(i) a statement that liability for the penalty can be discharged by paying 50% of the penalty within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice was served; and
(ii) information as to the effect of discharging the penalty;
(d) information as to—
(i) the right to make representations and objections within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice of intent was served; and
(ii) the circumstances in which the appropriate authority may not serve the proposed notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1517/schedule/4A/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-england-regulations-2019/schedule-4A/paragraph-5
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