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49 Stop notices: enforcement
(1) Provision under section 46 conferring power on a regulator 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 £20,000 a fine, or imprisonment for term not exceeding twelve months, or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(1A) In the application of this section in England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or to six months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022).
(2) In the application of this section—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in Northern Ireland,
the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to six months.
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49 Stop notices: enforcement
(1) Provision under section 46 conferring power on a regulator 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 £20,000 a fine, or imprisonment for term not exceeding twelve months, or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.
(1A) In the application of this section in England and Wales, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to the general limit in a magistrates’ court (or to six months in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022).
(2) In the application of this section—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in Northern Ireland,
the reference in subsection (1)(a) to twelve months is to be read as a reference to six months.
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