# The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 19: Appeals

Extent: E+W

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/206/schedule/4A/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-wales-regulations-2020/schedule-4A/paragraph-19
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