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16(1)Supplementary regulations may make any of the following provision in relation to the power of the Secretary of State to require a person to pay a monetary penalty (under paragraph 1) or costs (under paragraph 11)—
(a)provision for early payment discounts;
(b)provision for the payment of interest or other financial penalties for late payment;
(c)provision for enforcement.
(2)Provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) must secure that the interest or other financial penalties for late payment do not in total exceed the amount of the penalty or costs to which the interest or other financial penalties relate.
(3)Provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c) may include—
(a)provision for the Secretary of State to recover the penalty or costs, and any interest or other financial penalty for late payment, as a civil debt;
(b)provision for the penalty or costs, and any interest or other financial penalty for late payment, to be recoverable, on the order of a court, as if payable under a court order.
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