The Act – Section by Section Part 3 – Modifications of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 New section 41E – Penalties for contravention of stop notice
92.New section 41E sets out the circumstances in which a person is guilty of an offence for contravening a stop notice and makes provision in relation to the contravention and the offences including allowing for conviction to be made for any number of offences with reference to different days or periods. Subsection (6) sets out the applicable penalties, and subsection (7) imposes a requirement for the court to have regard to any financial benefit which might accrue to the convicted person as a result of the execution of the works which constituted the offence.