Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

Stop notices

77 Stop notices

(1) This section applies if a local authority is satisfied—

(a) that an individual is performing a special procedure in the authority’s area in breach of section 58(2) or (3) (requirement to be licensed), or

(b) that a person is carrying on a business, in the course of which a special procedure is performed in its area, in breach of the requirement in section 69(2) (approval requirement).

(2) The authority may give notice under this section to that individual or person (who is referred to in this section as “P”).

(3) Notice given under this section is referred to in this Part as a stop notice.

(4) A stop notice must state that the local authority is satisfied that P is in breach of (as the case may be) section 58(2) or (3) or the requirement in section 69(2), and—

(a) in a case where the local authority is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), prohibit the performance of the procedure concerned by P anywhere in Wales, as from a date specified in the notice, otherwise than under the authority of a special procedure licence;

(b) in a case where the local authority is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1)(b), prohibit the performance anywhere in Wales of the special procedure concerned in the course of the business carried on by P, as from a date specified in the notice, otherwise than at premises or in a vehicle approved under section 70.

(5) A stop notice must also state—

(a) that P may appeal under section 81 against the notice, and

(b) the period within which an appeal may be brought.