PART 2CHILD MINDING AND DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN
Offences, criminal proceedings and fixed penalties
48Penalty notices: supplementary provisions
1
The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about any of the following—
a
the form and content of penalty notices;
b
the monetary amount of the penalty and the time by which it is to be paid;
c
determination of the methods by which penalties may be paid;
d
the records to be kept in relation to penalty notices;
e
the withdrawal, in prescribed circumstances, of a penalty notice, including—
i
repayment of any amount paid by way of penalty under a penalty notice which is withdrawn, and
ii
prohibition of the institution or continuation of proceedings for the offence to which the withdrawn notice relates;
f
certificates to be received in evidence—
i
purporting to be signed by or on behalf of a prescribed person, and
ii
stating that payment of any amount paid by way of penalty was or, as the case may be, was not received on or before a date specified in the certificate;
g
action to be taken if a penalty is not paid in accordance with a penalty notice;
h
anything else in relation to penalties or penalty notices as the Welsh Ministers think necessary or expedient.
2
Regulations under subsection (1)(b)—
a
may make provision for penalties of different amounts to be payable in different cases, including provision for the penalty payable under a penalty notice to differ according to the time by which it is paid, but
b
must secure that the amount of any penalty payable in respect of any offence does not exceed one half of the maximum amount of the fine to which a person committing the offence would be liable on summary conviction.
3
In this section—
“penalty” means a penalty under a penalty notice;
“penalty notice” has the meaning given by section 47.