Prohibition noticesU.K.
11.—(1) The Secretary of State may serve on any person a notice (“a prohibition notice”) prohibiting that person, except with the consent of the Secretary of State, from supplying any construction products which are described in the notice and in relation to which the Secretary of State —
(a)has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under regulation 4 or 5 has been committed; or
(b)considers that there are grounds for the service of a prohibition notice in accordance with Schedule 1 (grounds for service of notices in relation to the 2008 Regulation and the 2011 Regulation).
(2) A prohibition notice may include a requirement that any construction products to which it relates that have been made available on the market be recalled.
(3) A consent given by the Secretary of State for the purposes of a prohibition notice may impose such conditions on the doing of anything for which the consent is required as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4) Schedule 3 shall have effect with respect to prohibition notices.
(5) A person who contravenes a prohibition notice shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.