{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-103.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/23",
  "legislation_title": "Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009",
  "path": "section/103",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Further provision as to stop notices",
  "text": "(1) Any stop notice issued by an enforcement authority—\n(a) must be served on any person carrying on, or in control of, the activity to which the notice relates, and\n(b) if a marine licence has been granted in relation to that activity, may also be served on the licensee.\n(2) An enforcement authority may by a further notice—\n(a) revoke a stop notice;\n(b) vary a stop notice so as to substitute a later date for the date specified in accordance with section 102(6)(b).\n(3) A person who fails to comply with a stop notice commits an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £50,000a fine;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 103(4)(a) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 43(4) (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 103 in force at 6.4.2011 by S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/section/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:47.916077+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."
}