Compliance notices13

1

If an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that any person is contravening, or has contravened, a European poultrymeat provision, the authorised officer may, by notice (a “compliance notice”), require a person to take steps (or steps at least equivalent to them), within such period as the authorised officer may specify, to secure that the contravention does not continue or recur.

2

A compliance notice must—

a

state the authorised officer’s grounds for the belief;

b

specify the matter that constitutes the contravention of the European poultrymeat provision;

c

specify the activities that must stop, or the steps that must be taken in order to comply with the European poultrymeat provision;

d

state the period within which an activity must stop, or steps specified in the notice, or steps at least equivalent to them, must be taken;

e

state the right of appeal to the sheriff conferred by regulation 14; and

f

state the period within which such an appeal must be brought.