Part 11Fixed penalties
Fixed penalty notices and penalties
C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9130Amount 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.