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(1)Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed either of the following offences on premises or in a place or vehicle in relation to which the enforcement authority is authorised to act—
(a)an offence under section 5(1);
(b)an offence under section 17(5),
the officer may give that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(2)Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 6(6) in relation to a vehicle being used for the purposes mentioned in subsection (4), in relation to which the enforcement authority is authorised to act, the officer may give that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(3)A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering a person the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence to which the notice relates by paying a fixed penalty.
(4)The purposes are the social, domestic or other private purposes of the person believed by the authorised officer to have committed the offence.
(5)In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by a partnership, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given are to be treated as references to the partnership.
(6)In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by an unincorporated association other than a partnership, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given are to be treated as references to the association.
(7)In this section, “partnership” means—
(a)a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c.39), or
(b)a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c.24).
(8)For further provision about fixed penalties, see Schedule 1.
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