6(1)Where P becomes liable for a penalty under this Schedule, the Commissioners must—U.K.
(a)assess the penalty,
(b)notify P, and
(c)state in the notice the contravention in respect of which the penalty is assessed.
(2)A penalty under this Schedule must be paid before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which notification of the penalty is issued.
(3)A penalty under this Schedule is recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.
(4)An assessment of a penalty under this Schedule may not be made later than one year after evidence of facts sufficient in the opinion of the Commissioners to indicate the contravention comes to their knowledge.
(5)Two or more contraventions may be treated by the Commissioners as a single contravention for the purposes of assessing a penalty under this Schedule.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 6 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 59