SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Fixed penalties

Content of fixed penalty notice

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1

A fixed penalty notice must—

a

state the alleged offence;

b

give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute that offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information about it;

c

state the fixed penalty for that offence;

d

specify the relevant officer to whom the fixed penalty may be paid and the address at which it may be paid;

e

state that proceedings against the person to whom it is issued cannot be commenced in respect of the offence until the end of the suspended enforcement period;

f

state that such proceedings cannot be commenced if the penalty is paid within the suspended enforcement period;

g

inform the person to whom it is issued of his right to ask to be tried for the alleged offence; and

h

explain how that right may be exercised and the effect of exercising it.

2

The suspended enforcement period for the purposes of this Schedule is—

a

the period of F128 days beginning with the day after that on which the fixed penalty notice was issued; or

b

such longer period as may be specified in the notice.