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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Powers and enforcement - Compliance orders

334: Decision on application

You could also call this:

"The court decides whether to approve or reject your application for a compliance order."

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When you apply for a compliance order, the court can make a decision. The court can choose to make a compliance order or refuse to make one. You will know what the court decides.

The court can make a compliance order with conditions that it thinks are suitable. This might include giving security or entering into a bond to make sure something is done. The court gets to decide what conditions are appropriate.

The court can also decide that a compliance order applies to people who represent you, or who take over from you. This means the order will affect them in the same way it affects you. The order will apply to them to the same extent.

A compliance order starts when one of two things happens: the order is given to you, or a date stated in the order is reached. The order will take effect on the later of these two dates. This is when the compliance order officially starts.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Powers and enforcement: Compliance orders

334Decision on application

  1. The court may—

  2. make a compliance order; or
    1. refuse to make a compliance order.

      1. The court may make a compliance order on any terms that it considers appropriate, including the provision of security or the entry into a bond for performance.

      2. The court may order that a compliance order applies to the personal representatives, successors, and assignees of the person to whom the order is addressed to the same extent as it applies to the person.

      3. A compliance order takes effect when the later of the following occurs:

      4. the order is served; or
        1. a date stated in the order is reached.