{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/section-78",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026/section-78.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/23",
  "legislation_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-devolution-and-community-empowerment-act-2026",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "Suspension notice given to person who is not licence holder",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if—\n(a) an enforcement officer gives a suspension notice to a person, and\n(b) before the end of the suspension, the enforcement officer becomes aware that a different person is the holder of the licence (the “licence holder”).\n(2) The enforcement officer must notify the licence holder that the suspension notice has been given.\n(3) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about—\n(a) the form or contents of notifications under this section;\n(b) the period within which notifications under this section are to be given;\n(c) the manner in which notifications under this section are to be given.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 78 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(2)(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/23/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:57.197615+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."
}