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Food Act 2014

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

336: Form and content of interim compliance order or compliance order

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"What to expect in a food safety order: what it must say and what you can do"

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When you get an interim compliance order or a compliance order, it must tell you some important things. It must state your name, and the reasons why you got the order. It must also say what you need to do, or what you need to stop doing, and how long you have to do it.

The order must explain what will happen if you do not follow it, or if you want to appeal against it. You have the right to ask for the order to be changed or cancelled under section 337, or to appeal against the order under section 339.

The order must also give you the name and office address of the person who applied for the order.

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

336Form and content of interim compliance order or compliance order

  1. An interim compliance order or a compliance order must state—

  2. the name or names of the person or persons against whom it is made; and
    1. the reasons for the order; and
      1. the action required to be taken, stopped, or prohibited; and
        1. the period within which the action must be taken or stopped (which must be a reasonable period within which to take the action or to stop the action); and
          1. the consequences of not complying with the order or lodging an appeal against the order; and
            1. the right to apply under section 337 for the order to be changed or cancelled, and the right to appeal against the order under section 339; and
              1. the name and office address of the applicant.