[F13(1)The CAA may impose a penalty of a fixed amount on a person where it is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person, in giving information to the CAA, has committed an offence under section 101 (making of false statements etc).U.K.
(2)Where a penalty is imposed on a person under this paragraph by the CAA, that person may not at any time be convicted of the offence under section 101 in respect of the act or omission giving rise to the penalty.
(3)The amount of a penalty imposed on a person under this paragraph must be the amount that the CAA determines to be—
(a)appropriate, and
(b)proportionate to the action in respect of which it is imposed,
but subject to a maximum of £2,000,000.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. C1 inserted (29.6.2021) by Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 (c. 12), ss. 10(7)(b), 21(3)-(7), Sch. 6; S.I. 2021/748, reg. 2(b)