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32ZG.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person on whom a civil penalty is imposed under section 9E(7) of the 1983 Act must pay the amount of the penalty to the registration officer who imposed it within 28 days of the date of the notice given under regulation 32ZF(2).
(2) If a person on whom a civil penalty is imposed requests a review under regulation 32ZH(1) or brings an appeal under regulation 32ZI(1), the 28 day period in paragraph (1) ceases to run whilst that review or appeal is being considered, and in the calculation of that period—
(a)the day on which the review is requested or the appeal brought shall be excluded; and
(b)the day on which the review or appeal is concluded shall be included.
(3) If the person does not pay the civil penalty as required by paragraph (1) or (2), interest at 8% per annum will be charged from the date payment becomes overdue to the date of payment.
(4) A civil penalty not paid in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) and any interest on the civil penalty is recoverable as a civil debt.
(5) A registration officer must cancel a civil penalty, and give the person concerned notice in writing of the cancellation, if—
(a)the person makes an application for registration at any time before the time for payment of the civil penalty in paragraph (1) or (2) has elapsed;
(b)the registration officer is satisfied that—
(i)the person is not entitled to be registered at the address at which the invitations to register were given; or
(ii)the person is registered at a different address; or
(c)any of the requirements in regulation 32ZE(2) has not been met.
(6) A registration officer may cancel the civil penalty if the registration officer considers it appropriate to do so and must give the person concerned notice in writing of the cancellation.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 32ZA-32ZI inserted (10.6.2014) by The Representation of the People (Scotland) (Description of Electoral Registers and Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3206), regs. 1(5)(c), 22 (as amended by S.I. 2014/1250, regs. 1, 4)
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