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3.—(1) If the relevant circumstances are met, the Secretary of State may direct a relevant licensing body to adopt and publish a code of practice that complies with the specified criteria.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the relevant circumstances are—
(a)the relevant licensing body is not a micro-business;
(b)that in the opinion of the Secretary of State the relevant licensing body either—
(i)has no system of self-regulation; or
(ii)has a system of self- regulation which does not comply in material respects with the specified criteria; and
(c)that the Secretary of State has notified the relevant licensing body that its system of self- regulation does not comply in material respects with the specified criteria and the relevant licensing body has not amended its system of self-regulation within the period of 49 days from the date of the notification.
(3) In deciding whether the code of practice of a relevant licensing body does comply in material respects with the specified criteria under this regulation or regulation 4, the Secretary of State may have regard to a report produced by a code reviewer.
(4) The Secretary of State may request a code reviewer to produce a report in order to assist him in making his decision under paragraph (3).
(5) A notice under paragraph (2)(c) must be given by—
(a)serving a copy on the relevant licensing body; and
(b)publishing the notice in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate for the purpose of bringing the matters to which the notice relates to the attention of persons likely to be affected by them.
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