Paragraph 19 AppealsF1
England and Wales
The person on whom a stop notice is served may appeal against the decision to serve it.
The grounds for appeal are—
that the decision was based on an error of fact;
that the decision was wrong in law;
that the decision was unreasonable;
that any step specified in the notice is unreasonable;
that the person has not committed the offence and would not have committed it had the stop notice not been served;
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;
that the decision was wrong for any other reason.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 4A inserted (15.12.2020) by The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1303), reg. 1, Sch.