# Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024, Section 118: Restrictions on power to issue temporary stop notice

Extent: E+W

(1) A temporary stop notice may not prohibit—
(a) the use of a building as a dwelling, or
(b) the carrying out of an activity of a kind, or in circumstances, specified in regulations.
(2) A temporary stop notice may not prohibit the carrying out of an activity that has been carried out (whether or not continuously) for at least 4 years before the day on which a copy of the notice is first displayed in accordance with section 117.
(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a temporary stop notice prohibiting—
(a) activity consisting of or incidental to building, engineering, mining, or other operations, or
(b) the deposit of waste.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/3/section/118 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-wales-act-2024/section-118
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