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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ddd71865c8be46db49de6bb24331b03b"/>116</Pnumber>
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<Text>An enforcement notice is a notice which—</Text>
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<Text>specifies the sanctionable requirement in question,</Text>
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<Text>gives details of the failure to comply with the requirement, and</Text>
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<Text>informs the person or persons to whom the notice is given that the person or persons must comply with—</Text>
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<Text>the sanctionable requirement, and</Text>
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<Text>any directions included in the notice as mentioned in <InternalLink Ref="section-116-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/52/section/116/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/116/2">subsection (2)</InternalLink>,</Text>
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<Text>before the end of the period specified in the notice.</Text>
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<Text>The notice may include directions as to the measures to be taken for the purposes of compliance with the sanctionable requirement.</Text>
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<Text>Requirements imposed by directions included in an enforcement notice as mentioned in <InternalLink Ref="section-116-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/52/section/116/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/52/section/116/2">subsection (2)</InternalLink> are sanctionable in accordance with this Chapter.</Text>
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