Part VI Enforcement

Stop notices

142 Power of the Secretary of State to serve stop notice.

1

If it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient that a stop notice should be served in respect of any land, he may himself serve such a notice under section 140.

2

A stop notice served by the Secretary of State shall have the same effect as if it had been served by the planning authority.

3

The Secretary of State shall not serve such a notice without consulting the planning authority.

4

The provisions of this Act relating to stop notices apply, so far as relevant, to a stop notice served by the Secretary of State as they apply to a stop notice served by a planning authority, but with the substitution for any reference to the planning authority of a reference to the Secretary of State, and any other necessary modifications.