{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-40.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010/rule-40.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2955",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure Rules 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-rules-2010",
  "path": "rule/40.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "40.16",
  "heading": "Effect of a stop notice",
  "text": "(1) A stop notice—\n(a) takes effect when it is served in accordance with rule 40.15(4); and\n(b) remains in force unless it is withdrawn or discharged in accordance with rule 40.18 or 40.19.\n(2) While a stop notice is in force, the person on whom it is served—\n(a) must not—\n(i) register a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 the person 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. 40 inserted (6.4.2016) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/355), rules 1(2), 8(b), Sch. 2 (with rule 9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2955/rule/40.16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:56.480940+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."
}