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Part 4Marine licensing

Chapter 5Supplementary

Stop notices and emergency safety notices

103Further provision as to stop notices

(1)Any stop notice issued by an enforcement authority—

(a)must be served on any person carrying on, or in control of, the activity to which the notice relates, and

(b)if a marine licence has been granted in relation to that activity, may also be served on the licensee.

(2)An enforcement authority may by a further notice—

(a)revoke a stop notice;

(b)vary a stop notice so as to substitute a later date for the date specified in accordance with section 102(6)(b).

(3)A person who fails to comply with a stop notice commits an offence.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.