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41.   Non-compliance with enforcement or stop notice

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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41.   Non-compliance with enforcement or stop notice

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    (1)   Where—

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      (a)     an enforcement notice has been served on a person who was, when the enforcement notice was served on that person, the owner of the land to which the enforcement notice relates; and

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      (b)     within the period specified by the notice or such extended period as the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division may allow any steps required by the enforcement notice to discontinue any operations or to remove, demolish or alter any buildings or other works on that land have not been taken,

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    that person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $250 for every day after the first day when the requirements of the enforcement notice have not been met.

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    (2)   A person who carries out any operations to reinstate or restore buildings or other works that have been demolished or altered in accordance with an enforcement notice commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000.

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    (3)   Where, by virtue of an enforcement notice, any conditions are required to be complied with in respect of the carrying out of any operations on any land, any person who, after that notice takes effect, carries out or causes or permits the operations to be carried out in contravention of the enforcement notice, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $250 for every day after the first day when the operations are so continued.

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    (4)   Where, by virtue of an enforcement notice, any use of land is to be discontinued, or any conditions are required to be complied with in respect of the use of land, any person who, after that notice takes effect, uses the land or causes or permits the land to be used in contravention of the enforcement notice, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and, in a case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $250 for every day after the first day when the use is so continued.

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    (5)   A person on whom a stop notice has been served who carries out, or causes or permits to be carried out any operations prohibited by the notice, is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding $1,000 a day for every day after the first day on which the offence continues.

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