Improvement notices
1. Section 21 HSWA1 states that, where an inspector is of the opinion that a person is contravening one or more of the relevant statutory provisions, or has contravened one or more of those provisions in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated, s/he may serve an improvement notice. The notice should:
state that s/he is of that opinion;
specify the provision(s) in question;
give particulars of the reasons why s/he is of that opinion;
require the person to remedy the contravention or the matters occasioning it; and
specify the period for compliance, which should be not less than 21 days from the date of service of the notice, being the period in which the recipient of the notice may lodge an appeal with the employment tribunal.