PART 4Enforcement
Stop notices24
1
If a person has begun an uncultivated land project or a restructuring project —
a
in breach of regulation 4, or
b
in breach of regulation 8,
the Welsh Ministers may serve a notice (a “stop notice”) prohibiting all or part of the work with immediate effect.
2
The Welsh Ministers may serve a stop notice on any person who appears to it to have an interest in the relevant land or to be engaged in any activity prohibited by the notice.
3
The Welsh Ministers may withdraw a stop notice (without affecting its power to serve another) at any time by serving notice to that effect on the persons served with a stop notice.
4
A stop notice ceases to have effect if—
a
a notice withdrawing it is served under paragraph (3); or
b
the Welsh Ministers on appeal, decide that the prohibited work is not a significant project; or
c
the Welsh Ministers grant consent for the prohibited work.