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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/982",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Stop notices",
  "text": "(1) A regulator may serve a stop notice on any person in a case falling within sub-paragraph (3) or (4).\n(2) A “stop notice” is a notice prohibiting a person from carrying on an activity specified in the notice until the person has taken the steps specified in the notice.\n(3) A case falling within this sub-paragraph is a case where the regulator reasonably believes that—\n(a) the person is carrying on the activity;\n(b) the activity as carried on by that person is causing, or presents a significant risk of causing, serious harm to the environment (including the health of animals); and\n(c) the activity as carried on by that person involves or is likely to involve the commission of an offence under Part 2 of these Regulations.\n(4) A case falling within this sub-paragraph is a case where the regulator reasonably believes that—\n(a) the person is likely to carry on the activity;\n(b) the activity as likely to be carried on by that person will cause, or will present a significant risk of causing, serious harm to the environment (including the health of animals); and\n(c) the activity as likely to be carried on by that person will involve or will be likely to involve the commission of an offence under Part 2 of these Regulations.\n(5) The steps referred to in sub-paragraph (2) must be steps to remove or reduce the harm or risk of harm to the environment (including the health of animals).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/982/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:51.207125+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."
}