Enforcement notices
36.—(1) Where the competent authority considers that any person has not complied with, is not complying with, or is not likely to comply with, a condition of an authorisation under Part 2 or a requirement in these Regulations it may serve that person with an enforcement notice.
(2) An enforcement notice must state—
(a)the steps which the person must take;
(b)the date by which the steps must be taken;
(c)the reason for the service of the notice and for the requirements in it;
(d)that there is a right of appeal under regulation 37.
(3) Where an inspector considers that a requirement in an enforcement notice has not been complied with, the inspector may—
(a)take such steps as the inspector considers necessary—
(i)to ensure compliance with the requirements of the notice; or
(ii)to remedy the consequences of the failure to carry them out;
(b)recover any expenses reasonably incurred in so doing from any person who has failed to comply with the notice.
(4) It is an offence not to comply with an enforcement notice.