diff --git a/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/jobs/LegalTagStatusJob.java b/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/jobs/LegalTagStatusJob.java
index a8230bb9def7ba40e9e01b7485686c20fa5586af..b210ffe9ee002282299d40353818147e53062782 100644
--- a/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/jobs/LegalTagStatusJob.java
+++ b/legal-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/jobs/LegalTagStatusJob.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class LegalTagStatusJob {
     @Autowired
     private IFeatureFlag aboutToExpireLegalTagFeatureFlag;
 
-    @Value("${LEGALTAG_EXPIRATION}")
+    @Value("${LEGALTAG_EXPIRATION:}")
     private String legalTagExpiration;
 
     private String aboutToExpireFeatureFlagName = "featureFlag.aboutToExpireLegalTag.enabled";
diff --git a/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java b/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java
index 549ac6787ee5f1a43ff961e82b9570df41b11456..0dc68d186136e30d48c6c0ee89a80ec70ad92804 100644
--- a/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java
+++ b/provider/legal-aws/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/aws/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.DpsHeaders;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.aws.sns.AmazonSNSConfig;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.core.aws.sns.PublishRequestBuilder;
 import org.opengroup.osdu.legal.provider.interfaces.IAboutToExpireLegalTagPublisher;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.legal.jobs.models.AboutToExpireLegalTags;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import org.opengroup.osdu.legal.jobs.models.AboutToExpireLegalTags;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
diff --git a/provider/legal-byoc/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/byoc/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java b/provider/legal-byoc/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/byoc/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e74b9d01e638a8eb4ebf05ff09eed8c8f175b322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider/legal-byoc/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/legal/byoc/jobs/AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.opengroup.osdu.legal.aws.jobs;
+
+import org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.http.DpsHeaders;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.legal.provider.interfaces.IAboutToExpireLegalTagPublisher;
+import org.opengroup.osdu.legal.jobs.models.AboutToExpireLegalTags;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+@Service
+public class AboutToExpireLegalTagPublisherImpl implements IAboutToExpireLegalTagPublisher {
+    @Override
+    public void publish(String projectId, DpsHeaders headers, AboutToExpireLegalTags aboutToExpireLegalTags) {
+        // to be implemented
+    }
+}