Noise Act 1996

9 Section 8: supplementary

(1) If a form for a fixed penalty notice is specified in an order made by the Secretary of State, a fixed penalty notice must be in that form.

(2) If a fixed penalty notice is given to a person in respect of noise emitted from a dwelling in any period specified in a warning notice—

(a) no further fixed penalty notice may be given to that person in respect of noise emitted from the dwelling during that period, but

(b) that person may be convicted of a further offence under section 4 in respect of noise emitted from the dwelling after the fixed penalty notice is given and before the end of that period.

(3) The Secretary of State may from time to time by order amend section 8(8) so as to change the amount of the fixed penalty payable under that section.

(4) Sums received by a local authority under section 8 must be paid to the Secretary of State.

(5) In proceedings for an offence under section 4, evidence that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not made before the end of any period may be given by the production of a certificate which—

(a) purports to be signed by or on behalf of the person having responsibility for the financial affairs of the local authority, and

(b) states that payment of a fixed penalty was made on any date or, as the case may be, was not received before the end of that period.