Part 3Civil sanctions

Stop notices

49Stop notices: enforcement

(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.

F2(1A)

In the application of this section in England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or to six months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022).

(2)

In the application of this section—

F3(a)

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(b)

in Northern Ireland,

the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to six months.