Section 29: Stop notices, Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

If the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that a person is carrying on, or is likely to carry on, an activity in breach of a relevant duty, the Secretary of State may give a stop notice to the person.

A stop notice is a notice under this section requiring the person to whom it is given to stop carrying on an activity specified in the notice within a specified period.

A stop notice given to a person must—

set out the reasons for giving the stop notice;

explain what may happen if the person does not comply with it;

explain how the person may appeal against it.

A stop notice given to a person may—

require the person to take any specified steps within a specified period for the purpose of complying with the stop notice;

require the person within a specified period to provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that the person is complying with the stop notice;

require the person to take steps to inform customers of any risks posed by using a product to which the notice relates;

provide that, if the person takes specified steps within a specified period for the purpose of complying with the relevant duty, the stop notice will be revoked;

require the person within a specified period to provide evidence to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State that the person has taken those steps.

Before giving a stop notice to a person, the Secretary of State must—

notify the person that the Secretary of State intends to give a stop notice to the person, and

give the person an opportunity to make representations about the giving of the notice.

The Secretary of State may not give a stop notice to the person until the end of the period of 10 days beginning with the day on which the notification required by subsection (5)(a) is given.

Subsections (5) and (6) do not apply if the Secretary of State considers that there is an urgent need to give a stop notice to the person.

In this section—

"relevant duty" means a duty imposed by or under Chapter 2;
"specified" means specified in the stop notice.

Section 29: Stop notices

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