SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Compliance notices and stop notices

PART 2Stop notices

Compensation9

1

A food authority must compensate a person for loss suffered as the result of the service of the stop notice or the refusal of a completion certificate if that person has suffered loss as a result of the notice or refusal and—

a

a stop notice is subsequently withdrawn or amended by the food authority because the decision to serve it was unreasonable or any step specified in the notice was unreasonable;

b

the person successfully appeals against the stop notice and the court finds that the service of the notice was unreasonable; or

c

the person successfully appeals against the refusal of a completion certificate and the court finds that the refusal was unreasonable.

2

A person may appeal against a decision not to award compensation or the amount of compensation—

a

on the grounds that the food authority’s decision was unreasonable;

b

on the grounds that the amount offered was based on incorrect facts;

c

for any other substantial reason.