General Schedule 1: Civil Sanctions Part 2: Stop Notices
Paragraph 5 provides for a stop notice to be served as a sanction by the Secretary of State where a person is carrying on with an activity which involves, or is likely to involve, an offence being committed under the Act and the person is likely to carry on further the activity which involves, or is likely to involve, an offence being committed. A stop notice may be served in order to prohibit that person from continuing to carry out a specified activity (for example illegally offering ivory for sale), or to prohibit that person from continuing to carry out a specified activity until that person has taken steps, as defined in the notice, to make the activity compliant with the Act and to stop or prevent an offence being committed (for example, to stop illegally offering ivory for sale until they register that item as exempt or obtain an exemption certificate for that item).
	Paragraph 6 sets out the information which must be included in a stop notice when served by the Secretary of State on a person.
	Paragraph 7 provides for completion certificates to be issued by the Secretary of State, only in the case of a stop notice being served which prohibits an activity until the person takes the steps stated in the notice, if the Secretary of State is satisfied the required steps have been taken. The person served a stop notice must apply for a completion certificate and the Secretary of State must take a decision on the application within 14 days. If a completion certificate is issued, the stop notice ceases to have effect and the person may continue to carry out the previously prohibited activity.
	Paragraph 8 ensures that the person served a stop notice has the right to appeal against that notice being served and provides for the grounds on which that appeal can be made. This paragraph also ensures that, where relevant, a person may appeal the decision taken to not issue a completion certificate and provides for the grounds on which that appeal may be made.
	Paragraph 9 provides for an offence where a person served with a stop notice who does not comply with that stop notice. Under this paragraph, criminal sanctions on summary conviction are applied to this offence. The maximum sentences on summary conviction, as applied in each of the devolved administration, are also set out.