# Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, Section 28: Compliance notices

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has failed to comply with a relevant duty, the Secretary of State may give a compliance notice to the person.
(2) A compliance notice is a notice under this section requiring the person to whom it is given to comply with the relevant duty specified in the notice within a specified period.
(3) A compliance notice given to a person must—
(a) set out the reasons for giving the compliance notice;
(b) explain what may happen if the person does not comply with it;
(c) explain how the person may appeal against it.
(4) A compliance notice given to a person may—
(a) require the person to take any specified steps within a specified period in order to comply with the relevant duty;
(b) require the person within a specified period to provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that the person has complied with, or is complying with, the relevant duty.
(5) Before giving a compliance notice to a person, the Secretary of State must—
(a) notify the person that the Secretary of State intends to give a compliance notice to the person, and
(b) give the person an opportunity to make representations about the giving of the notice.
(6) The Secretary of State may not give a compliance notice to the person until the end of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which the notification required by subsection (5)(a) is given.
(7) A compliance notice may not be given to a person more than once in respect of the same act or omission.
(8) In this section—
“relevant duty” means a duty imposed by or under Chapter 2;
“specified” means specified in the compliance notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/section/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/product-security-and-telecommunications-infrastructure-act-2022/section-28
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