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Section 34 Stop noticesI1I2

England and Wales

(1)

In this Act “stop notice” means a notice prohibiting the person to whom it is issued—

(a)

from carrying on a specified activity, or

(b)

from doing so until the person has taken specified steps.

(2)

Regulations which provide for the issue of a stop notice must secure—

(a)

that a stop notice may be issued to a person only where the inspector issuing the notice reasonably believes that the person to whom it is issued has committed or is likely to commit a relevant breach, and

(b)

that the steps specified under subsection (1)(b) are steps that the inspector issuing the notice considers will ensure that the specified activity will be carried on in a way that does not involve the person committing a relevant breach.

(3)

Sections 36 and 37 make further provision about stop notices.

(4)

In this section “specified”, in relation to a stop notice, means specified in the notice.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 34 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 48(3)(a)

I2

S. 34 in force at 13.11.2025 for specified purposes by S.I. 2025/575, reg. 2(4)