{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-73.18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-73.18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/73.18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "73.18",
  "heading": "Effect of stop notice",
  "text": "(1) A stop notice—\n(a) takes effect when it is served in accordance with rule 73.17(4); and\n(b) remains in force unless it is withdrawn or discharged in accordance with rule 73.20 or 73.21.\n(2) While a stop notice is in force, the person on whom it is served—\n(a) must not—\n(i) register a transfer of the securities described in the notice; or\n(ii) take any other step restrained by the notice,\nwithout first giving 14 days' notice to the person who obtained the stop notice; but\n(b) must not, by reason only of the notice, refuse to register a transfer or to take any other step, after he has given 14 days' notice under paragraph (2)(a) and that period has expired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 73 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 4 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/73.18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}