# The Building Regulations 2010, Regulation 47C: Stop notices: contents


(1) A stop notice given by a building control authority must be in writing and state—
(a) that it is a stop notice under section 35C(1)(a), 35C(1)(b) or, as the case may be, 35C(1)(c) of the Act;
(b) the date the notice is given and whether the notice applies immediately, or where it does not apply immediately, the date when it applies;
(c) the name or description of the recipient; and
(d) the consequences of failing to comply with the notice.
(2) A stop notice must additionally—
(a) describe the issue to which the notice relates;
(b) specify—
(i) in a case within section 35C(1)(a) of the Act, the provision of building regulations or requirement imposed by virtue of building regulations to which the stop notice relates;
(ii) in a case within section 35C(1)(b) of the Act, the compliance notice to which the stop notice relates;
(iii) in a case within section 35C(1)(c) of the Act, the provision of building regulations or requirement imposed by virtue of building regulations to which the stop notice relates;
(c) provide details of the nature of the contravention (including, in a case within section 35C(1)(c) of the Act, the nature of the serious harm that is anticipated);
(d) state that the recipient may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal under section 39A(5) of the Act and state that any appeal must be made within 21 relevant days of the date the notice is given; and
(e) state that the recipient may apply to the First-tier Tribunal under section 39A(6) of the Act for a direction.
(3) A stop notice must relate to—
(a) in a case within section 35C(1)(a) of the Act, no more than one contravention of a prescribed provision of building regulations or requirement imposed by virtue of such a provision;
(b) in a case within section 35C(1)(b) of the Act, no more than one compliance notice;
(c) in a case within section 35C(1)(c) of the Act, no more than one contravention of a provision of building regulations or a requirement imposed by virtue of such a provision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/regulation/47C (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-regulations-2010/regulation-47C
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