{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-enforcement-wales-order-2018/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-enforcement-wales-order-2018/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2018/1182",
  "legislation_title": "The Sustainable Drainage (Enforcement) (Wales) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sustainable-drainage-enforcement-wales-order-2018",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Temporary stop notices",
  "text": "(1) An approving body may give a notice (“a temporary stop notice”) to a developer if the approving body has reason to believe that—\n(a) the developer has breached the requirement for approval, and\n(b) it is expedient that the construction work stop immediately.\n(2) A temporary stop notice must be in writing and must—\n(a) specify the activity that is believed to be a breach,\n(b) give reasons for that view,\n(c) prohibit the developer from continuing with the activity, and\n(d) specify the consequences of non-compliance with the notice.\n(3) An approving body may at any time withdraw a temporary stop notice by giving written notice to a developer setting out reasons for the decision to withdraw it.\n(4) A temporary stop notice has effect from the time it is given and, unless it is earlier withdrawn, ceases to have effect at the end of—\n(a) the period of 4 weeks beginning with the day it is given, or\n(b) any shorter period specified in the notice, beginning with the day it is given.\n(5) A second or subsequent temporary stop notice must not be given in respect of the same activity unless the approving body has first taken some other enforcement action in relation to the breach.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1182/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:33.779554+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."
}