[F110(1)Provision under paragraph 7 conferring power on an enforcement authority to serve a stop notice must provide that, where a person on whom a notice is served does not comply with it, the person is guilty of an offence and liable—W
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F2the general limit in a magistrates’ court], or both, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(2)In the application of this section in relation to an offence committed before [F32 May 2022], the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to [F4the general limit in a magistrates’ court] is to be read as a reference to six months.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (10.7.2011) by Safety on Learner Transport (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 6), s. 16(2), Sch.
F2Words in Sch. A1 para. 10(1)(a) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table
F3Words in Sch. A1 para. 10(2) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F4Words in Sch. A1 para. 10(2) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table