{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/novel-foods-england-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Stop notices",
  "text": "(1) The food authority may serve a stop notice on any person in accordance with this Part in relation to an offence under these Regulations.\n(2) A “stop notice” is a notice prohibiting a person from carrying on an activity specified in the notice until the person has taken the steps specified in the notice.\n(3) A stop notice may only be served in a case where—\n(a) the person is carrying on the activity; and\n(b) the food authority reasonably believes that the activity as carried on by that person involves or is likely to involve the commission of an offence under these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/154/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:25.599257+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."
}