Chapter 3: Enforcement Section 29: Stop notices
This Section provides that the Secretary of State may give a stop notice where they have reasonable grounds to believe that a person is carrying on, or is likely to carry on, an activity in breach of a relevant duty.
	Subsection (2) describes a stop notice as a notice requiring the recipient to stop carrying on an activity within a specified time frame. Subsection (3) provides that a stop notice must (a) set out the reasons for giving the stop notice, (b) explain what may happen if the person does not comply with it, and (c) explain how the person may appeal against it.
	Subsection (4) provides further detail as to what a stop notice may require, including informing customers of risks posed by the product to which the stop notice relates.
	Subsection (5) provides that, before issuing a stop notice, the Secretary of State must notify the recipient that they intend to give a stop notice and provide an opportunity for the recipient to make representations about the giving of a notice.
	Subsection (6) provides that the Secretary of State must not impose the stop notice until 10 days after they have notified the recipient that they intend to issue a stop notice.
	Subsection (7) provides that, if the Secretary of State considers that there is an urgent need to give a stop notice, then the requirements in subsections (5) and (6) do not apply.