Fixed penalty notices – penalty amountsS
12.—(1) The penalty payable in respect of a fixed penalty notice issued in respect of an information offence, subject to paragraph (2), is £60.
(2) Unless paragraph (3) applies, if £30 is paid before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the fixed penalty notice, then that is the amount of the fixed penalty (and the fixed penalty notice must make known the effect of this paragraph).
(3) If the person to whom a fixed penalty notice in respect of an information offence is given has already received a fixed penalty notice under these Regulations—
(a)paragraph (1) does not apply, and
(b)the penalty payable in the case of—
(i)the second fixed penalty notice received is £120,
(ii)the third and subsequent fixed penalty notice received is double the amount specified in the last fixed penalty notice received by that person, to a maximum of £480.
(4) The penalty payable is £480 in respect of a fixed penalty notice issued in respect of an offence under—
(a)regulation 9(1), F1...
[F2(b)regulation 9(2),
(c)regulation 9(3), or
(d)regulation 9(4) where the person is believed to have intentionally obstructed any person carrying out a function in relation to Part 4.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 12(4)(a) omitted (8.6.2020 at 7.00 p.m.) by virtue of The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/171), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F2Reg. 12(4)(b)-(d) substituted for reg. 12(4)(b) (8.6.2020 at 7.00 p.m.) by The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/171), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 12 in force at 8.6.2020, see reg. 1(2)