Part 3

Civil sanctions

Stop notices

Stop notices: enforcement
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1
Provision under section 46 conferring power on a regulator 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—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £20,000, or imprisonment for term not exceeding twelve months, 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—
a
in England and Wales, in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), or
b
in Northern Ireland,
the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to six months.