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.