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196Injunction for non-compliance with improvement notice or prohibition notice
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196 Injunction for non-compliance with improvement notice or prohibition notice
(1) The Chief Health Officer, the Secretary or a Council may apply to the Magistrates' Court for an injunction—
(a) compelling a person to comply with an improvement notice or a prohibition notice; or
(b) restraining a person from contravening an improvement notice or a prohibition notice.
(2) The Chief Health Officer, the Secretary or the Council may do so whether or not proceedings have been instituted for an offence against this Act or the regulations in connection with any matter in respect of which the improvement notice or prohibition notice was issued.