SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Compliance notices and stop notices

PART 2Stop notices

Compensation

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(a)a stop notice is subsequently withdrawn or amended by the food authority because the decision to serve it was unreasonable or any step specified in the notice was unreasonable;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