Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024
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19 Form and content of compliance notices
(1) A compliance notice issued to a defined entity must –
(a) state each requirement of this Act with which the Commissioner believes that the entity has failed to comply; and
(b) state the basis for the Commissioner's belief that the entity has failed to comply with that requirement; and
(c) state the action that the entity must take to comply with that requirement; and
(d) specify the date by which the entity must take that action; and
(e) state the further action that the Commissioner may take if the entity does not comply with the notice; and
(f) state that the entity may disagree with the notice within 14 days after receiving the notice.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d) , the date specified in the compliance notice must be –
(a) for a requirement to prepare a disability inclusion action plan, not less than 60 days after the notice is issued; or
(b) in any other case, not less than 14 days after the notice is issued.
(3) The Commissioner, by further written notice, may extend the date specified in a compliance notice under subsection (1)(d) by a period of up to 24 months.