Paragraph 10 F1

(1)

Provision under paragraph 7 conferring power on an enforcement authority to serve a stop notice must provide that, where a person on whom a notice is served does not comply with it, the person is guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding F2the 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 section in relation to an offence committed before F32 May 2022, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to F4the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to six months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. A1 inserted (10.7.2011) by Safety on Learner Transport (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 6), s. 16(2), Sch.
F2: Words in Sch. A1 para. 10(1)(a) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table
F3: Words in Sch. A1 para. 10(2) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F4: Words in Sch. A1 para. 10(2) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table