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The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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Enforcement notices

19.—(1) If SEPA is of the opinion that the operator of an installation has contravened, is contravening or is likely to contravene any condition of a permit, it may serve on that operator a notice (an “enforcement notice”).

(2) An enforcement notice served under this regulation shall–

(a)state SEPA’s opinion, as mentioned in paragraph (1);

(b)specify the matters constituting the contravention or the matters making it likely that the contravention will arise, as the case may be;

(c)specify the steps that must be taken to remedy the contravention or to remedy the matters making it likely that the contravention will arise, as the case may be; and

(d)specify the period within which those steps must be taken.

(3) The steps that may be specified in an enforcement notice as steps that must be taken to remedy the contravention of any condition of a permit may include both steps that must be taken to make the operation of the installation or mobile plant comply with the conditions of the permit and steps that must be taken to remedy the effects of any pollution caused by the contravention.

(4) SEPA may withdraw an enforcement notice at any time.

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