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Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Act 2026

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19Urgent compliance notices

(1)Subsection (2) applies where the OEGW considers that each action specified in a compliance notice to be served under section 18(1)(a) needs to be taken urgently to prevent or mitigate an imminent risk of serious damage to the environment or to human health.

(2)The notice may, in relation to each action specified in it, specify a period of less than 30 days, but of at least 7 days, beginning with the day the notice is served, as the period within which the action must be taken (instead of a period of at least 30 days in accordance with section 18(3)).

(3)A compliance notice that specifies a period of less than 30 days for each action in accordance with subsection (2) must indicate that it is an urgent compliance notice.

(4)Such a notice is referred to in this Part as an urgent compliance notice.

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