Part 11Fixed penalties
Fixed penalty notices and penalties
130Amount of fixed penalty and form of fixed penalty notice
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), the penalty payable in respect of a fixed penalty offence is such amount as the Scottish Ministers may specify by order.
(2)
The Scottish Ministers may not specify an amount exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(3)
A fixed penalty notice shall—
(a)
state the alleged offence;
(b)
give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary to provide reasonable information about it;
(c)
state the amount of the fixed penalty;
(d)
state the clerk of the F1justice of the peace court to whom, and the address at which, the fixed penalty may be paid;
(e)
inform the person to whom it is given of the right to ask to be tried for the alleged offence and explain how that right may be exercised; and
(f)
include such other information as the Scottish Ministers may by order prescribe.