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7.—(1) Where a recipient is given a penalty notice, proceedings for the offence to which the notice relates may not be instituted against the recipient before the expiry of the payment period.
(2) Section 184 of the Act(1) applies to a penalty notice as it applies to a notice required to be given under the Act.
Section 184 of the Act (service of documents etc.) specifies that notices may be hand delivered, may be left at a recipient’s address, sent by recorded delivery or, if the recipient has agreed to receive it electronically, by being sent electronically to an address provided for that purpose; subsection (8) provides that where a notice is sent by recorded delivery or electronically it is to be taken to have been received 48 hours after it is sent (unless the contrary is shown).
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