49Stop notices: enforcementU.K.
(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 [F1a fine not exceeding £20,000] [F1a fine] , 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 49(1)(a) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 39 (with reg. 5(1))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 49(1) modified (15.2.2011) by Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8), ss. 10(3)(b), 21(2)
C2S. 49(1) modified (15.2.2011) by Waste (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 8), ss. 14(3), 21(2)