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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Administration and enforcement - Enforcement - Enforceable undertakings

139: When undertaking is enforceable

You could also call this:

"When you promise to do something and the officer in charge agrees to it, that's when you have to keep your promise."

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If you make an undertaking, it starts and becomes enforceable when the enforcement officer tells you they accept it. This can happen on the same day or on a later date that the enforcement officer chooses. The enforcement officer gets to decide when the undertaking starts.

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This page was last updated on 29 June 2025

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138: Notice of decision and reasons for decision, or

"The officer must tell you their decision and why they made it in writing."

140: Withdrawal or variation of enforceable undertaking, or

"Changing or cancelling a promise you made to follow the law"

Part 4Administration and enforcement
Enforcement: Enforceable undertakings

139When undertaking is enforceable

An enforceable undertaking takes effect and becomes enforceable when the enforcement officer’s decision to accept the undertaking is given to the person who made the undertaking, or at any later date specified by the enforcement officer.