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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 503 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69646,"section_number":"2.2-4025","catch_line":"Exemptions operation of this article; limitations","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4025\/"},{"id":55831,"section_number":"3.2-3708","catch_line":"Stop sale, use, removal or seizure order; review","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3708\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75768,"section_number":"2.2-4027","catch_line":"Issues on review","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4027\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87000,"identifier":"2.2-4028","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/5\/2.2-4028","url":"\/2.2-4028\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4028\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/5\/2.2-4028","dublin_core":{"Title":"Intermediate relief","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4028","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When judicial review is instituted or is about to be, the agency<\/span> concerned may, on request of any party<\/span> or its own motion<\/span>, postpone the effective date of the regulation<\/span> or decision involved where it deems that justice so requires. Otherwise the court<\/span> may, on proper application and with or without bond<\/span>, deposits in court<\/span>, or other safeguards or assurances as may be suitable, issue<\/span> all necessary and appropriate process to postpone the effective dates or preserve existing status or rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings if the court<\/span> finds the same to be required to prevent immediate, unavoidable, and irreparable injury and that the issues<\/span> of law<\/span> or fact<\/span> presented are not only substantial but that there is probable cause<\/span> for it to anticipate a likelihood of reversible error in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4027<\/a>. Actions by the court<\/span> may include (i) the stay<\/span> of operation of agency<\/span> decisions of an injunctive nature or those requiring the payment of money or suspending or revoking a license or other benefit and (ii) continuation of previous licenses in effect until timely applications for renewal are duly determined by the agency<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTERMEDIATE RELIEF (\u00a7 2.2-4028)\n\nWhen judicial review is instituted or is about to be, the agency concerned may,\non request of any party or its own motion, postpone the effective date of the\nregulation or decision involved where it deems that justice so requires.\nOtherwise the court may, on proper application and with or without bond,\ndeposits in court, or other safeguards or assurances as may be suitable, issue\nall necessary and appropriate process to postpone the effective dates or\npreserve existing status or rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings\nif the court finds the same to be required to prevent immediate, unavoidable,\nand irreparable injury and that the issues of law or fact presented are not only\nsubstantial but that there is probable cause for it to anticipate a likelihood\nof reversible error in accordance with \u00a7 2.2-4027. Actions by the court may\ninclude (i) the stay of operation of agency decisions of an injunctive nature or\nthose requiring the payment of money or suspending or revoking a license or\nother benefit and (ii) continuation of previous licenses in effect until timely\napplications for renewal are duly determined by the agency.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 503, \u00a7 9-6.14:18; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}