# The Environmental Civil Sanctions (Wales) Order 2010, Paragraph 6: Offences

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a person to whom a stop notice is issued does not comply with it within the time limit specified in the notice, the person is guilty of an offence and liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court, or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(2) In the application of this paragraph in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to six months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2010/1821/schedule/3/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-civil-sanctions-wales-order-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-6
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