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Improvement notice definition

What does Improvement notice mean? In practice, an improvement notice is a formal regulatory notice requiring a person or organisation to take specified remedial steps—or to cease specified conduct—within a stated period to address a breach or likely breach of legal requirements. The term is defined in multiple statutes. In pensions law, the Pensions Act 2004 empowers The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to issue an improvement notice where it reasonably believes pensions legislation has been, or is at risk of being, contravened, directing the named person to act or refrain from acting within a set timeframe. Key features typically include: identification of the contravention, the actions required,...

Hygiene Improvement Notices under Regulation 6 of the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013: criteria, drafting, service, time limits and appeals

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What are hygiene improvement notices?

Hygiene improvement notices are tools used by enforcement authorities such as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) or local authorities to uphold the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 (FSH(E)R 2013), SI 2013/2996.

A hygiene improvement notice compels a food business operator to take steps necessary to achieve compliance with FSH(E)R 2013, SI 2013/2996. See Practice Note: Applying the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013.

They should not be confused with improvement notices under the Food Safety Act 1990 (FSA 1990). Improvement notices under FSA 1990 serve to enforce regulations made under Part II of that Act.

Non-compliance with a hygiene improvement notice under FSH(E)R 2013, SI 2013/2996 constitutes a criminal offence.

Guidance on applying hygiene improvement notices is set out in the Food Law Code of Practice issued by the FSA, and the FSA in Wales has also produced a Food Law Code of Practice with related practice guidance for Wales...

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Richard Heller

Drystone Chambers

Richard is a specialist practitioner with considerable experience across the spectrum of regulatory crime with an emphasis on trading standards and food safety. His headline practice areas also include health and safety, fraud, planning enforcement and confiscation. He acts for a number of regulators and defends both individuals and businesses. He has appeared in leading authorities concerning intellectual property crime (R v Brayford [2011] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 107), abuse of process and costs (Focus (DIY) v Hillingdon Council [2008] All ER (D) 117), listed building offences (R v Rance [2013] Crim. L.R. 74) and planning enforcement (R v Kohali [2016] 1 Cr. App. R. (S.) 30). He has acted in some of the most serious cases concerning outbreaks of food-poisoning (three involving fatalities) and in two of the largest prosecutions taken by trading standards services in England, in addition to many other major...

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