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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Administration and enforcement - Enforcement - Compliance notices

129: Form and content of compliance notices

You could also call this:

"What to expect in a notice if you're not following the Offshore Renewable Energy rules"

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If a compliance notice is given to you, it must be in writing. The notice must say that an enforcement officer thinks you are breaking a rule or might break a rule. It must also say what rule you are breaking, how you are breaking it, and how long you have to fix the problem.

The notice might tell you what you can do to fix the problem or stop it from happening. It could also talk about the things that are causing the problem. You might get a compliance notice if you are doing something that is against the rules of the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill.

A compliance notice can be sent to you using your real name or the name of your business.

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Part 4Administration and enforcement
Enforcement: Compliance notices

129Form and content of compliance notices

  1. A compliance notice must be in writing.

  2. A compliance notice must state—

  3. that an enforcement officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that the person—
    1. is contravening a provision of this Act or the regulations or a condition of a permit; or
      1. is likely to contravene a provision of this Act or the regulations or a condition of a permit; and
      2. the provision or condition the enforcement officer believes, on reasonable grounds, is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and
        1. briefly, how the provision or condition is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and
          1. a period within which the person is required to remedy—
            1. the contravention or likely contravention; or
              1. the things or activities causing the contravention or likely to cause a contravention.

              2. A compliance notice may include recommendations concerning—

              3. the measures that could be taken to remedy the contravention, or prevent the likely contravention, to which the notice relates; and
                1. the things or activities causing the contravention, or likely to cause a contravention, to which the notice relates.

                  1. A compliance notice may be addressed to any person under the person’s legal name or usual business name.