Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023
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Compliance notice | ||
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41. (1) Where an authorised officer is of the opinion that a person is not complying, or has not complied with this Part or regulations made thereunder the officer may serve on the person a notice (“compliance notice”) stating that opinion on the person. | ||
(2) A compliance notice shall— | ||
(a) require the person on whom it is served to take such action as specified in the notice, | ||
(b) inform the person on whom it is served that he or she may appeal the notice to the District Court under section 42 , and | ||
(c) state that if the person on whom the notice is served fails to comply with the notice, he or she commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in subsection (7). | ||
(3) A person on whom a compliance notice is served shall— | ||
(a) comply with the notice until it expires or is annulled under section 42 , and | ||
(b) not cause or permit another person to contravene the terms of the notice. | ||
(4) A compliance notice may specify a time limit within which the action specified in the notice is to be complied with. | ||
(5) A compliance notice may be modified or withdrawn by a further notice and the earlier notice has effect subject to the modification or withdrawal. | ||
(6) A compliance notice shall include an address for the service of an appeal under section 42 . | ||
(7) A person on whom a compliance notice is served who fails to comply with, or causes another person to contravene, the notice commits an offence and is liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €50,000. |