Regulation 27 Compliance notices

(1)

If the Welsh Ministers have reason to believe that a person has committed a breach of these Regulations, the Welsh Ministers may serve^f1 that person with a notice (“a compliance notice”) in accordance with the following paragraph.

(2)

A compliance notice must contain the following information—

(a)

the Welsh Ministers’ grounds for believing that a breach of these Regulations has been committed,

(b)

the matter that constitutes the breach,

(c)

the action that the person must take in order to rectify the breach,

(d)

a time limit of not less than 14 days from the date of the notice being served within which this action must be taken,

(e)

details of the right of appeal conferred by regulation 29, and

(f)

the manner in which, and the period within which, an appeal may be made.

(3)

A compliance notice issued under this regulation may be revoked or varied by the Welsh Ministers in the case that a monetary penalty notice is subsequently issued in respect of the same breach, or in any other case.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: References to “serve” in these regulations should be read in accordance with section 13 and 14 of the Legislation (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 4).