Section 8: Improvement notice

8. Improvement notice (1) Where the Permanent Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that the owner, occupier or licensee of any premises has failed to comply with any regulations made under this Act, the Permanent Secretary may serve on the owner, occupier or licensee, as the case may be, an improvement notice in the form specified in the Seventh Schedule, specifying— (a) the matters which constitute any failure on the part of the owner, occupier or licensee to comply with the regulations; (b) the measures that shall be taken to secure compliance; (c) the period granted to secure compliance, which shall— (i) not be less than 14 days; or (ii) where the non-compliance relates to matters constituting, in the opinion of the Permanent Secretary, an imminent danger to public health, not be more than 14 days. (2) The period granted to secure compliance with a notice under this section may, at the discretion of the Permanent Secretary, be extended by further periods of 14 days each.