Care Standards Act 2000

[F1 Penalty notices E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 30ZA, 30ZB and preceding cross-heading inserted (21.7.2008 for certain purposes and 1.4.2009 otherwise) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170(1)(b)(3), Sch. 5 para. 25; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 35

30ZA Penalty notices E+W

(1) Where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a person has committed a fixed penalty offence, they may give the person a penalty notice in respect of the offence.

(2) A fixed penalty offence is any relevant offence which—

(a) relates to an establishment or agency for which the Welsh Ministers are the registration authority, and

(b) is prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(3) A relevant offence is—

(a) an offence under this Part or under regulations made under this Part F2 ...

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) A penalty notice is a notice offering the person the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence to which the notice relates by payment of a penalty in accordance with the notice.

(5) Where a person is given a penalty notice, proceedings for the offence to which the notice relates may not be instituted before the end of such period as may be prescribed.

(6) Where a person is given a penalty notice, the person cannot be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates if the person pays the penalty in accordance with the notice.

(7) Penalties under this section are payable to the Welsh Ministers.

(8) In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in s. 30ZA(3) omitted (29.4.2019) by virtue of The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/772), regs. 1(2), 10(a)

F3 S. 30ZA(3)(b) omitted (29.4.2019) by virtue of The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/772), regs. 1(2), 10(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 30ZA applied (with modifications) (31.3.2017) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Private Dental Practices) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/200), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(h), Sch.

30ZB Penalty notices: supplementary provision E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make—

(a) provision as to the form and content of penalty notices,

(b) provision as to the monetary amount of the penalty and the time by which it is to be paid,

(c) provision determining the methods by which penalties may be paid,

(d) provision as to the records to be kept in relation to penalty notices,

(e) provision for or in connection with 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) provision for a certificate—

(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,

to be received in evidence of the matters so stated,

(g) provision as to action to be taken if a penalty is not paid in accordance with a penalty notice, and

(h) such other provision 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 [F4 or, where there is no such maximum amount, that it does not exceed the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale for summary offences] .

(3) In this section—

• “penalty” means a penalty under a penalty notice;

• “penalty notice” has the meaning given by section 30ZA(4).]

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in s. 30ZB(2)(b) inserted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 8 (with reg. 5(1))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 30ZB applied (31.3.2017) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Private Dental Practices) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/200), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(i), Sch.