SCHEDULES
C1SCHEDULE 8Inspectors
C1PART 2Powers exercisable by inspectors authorised by instrument of appointment: improvement notices and prohibition notices
Improvement notices
I1C13
1
This paragraph applies where an inspector is of the opinion that a person—
a
is contravening one or more applicable provisions, or
b
has contravened one or more of those provisions in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated.
2
The inspector may, if authorised, give the person a notice (an “improvement notice”) requiring the person to remedy—
a
the contravention, or
b
as the case may be, the matters giving rise to the notice,
within the period specified in the notice.
3
The improvement notice must—
a
specify the applicable provision or provisions in question, and
b
state that the inspector is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), and why.
4
The period specified under sub-paragraph (2) must end no earlier than the period within which an appeal against the notice may be brought under paragraph 6.
5
In this paragraph “applicable provision” means—
a
F1any of the relevant statutory provisions other than any provision of nuclear regulations which is identified in accordance with section 74(9) (provision made for nuclear security purposes), or
b
any condition attached to a nuclear site licence under section 4 of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 relating to a site in England, Wales or Scotland.
Sch. 8 modified (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 5(2)Sch. 1 para. 5(3)(b) (with Sch. 1 paras. 6, 4)