[F1Penalty noticesU.K.
14.—(1) Subject to regulation 15, where the [F2regulator] is satisfied that a person (“P”) is liable to a civil penalty under this Part the [F2regulator] must, serve a notice on P (a “penalty notice”).
(2) The penalty notice must specify—
(a)the regulation under which that liability arises;
(b)the amount of the civil penalty due;
(c)whether or not P may be liable to a civil penalty in accordance with regulation 16(2)(b) (an “additional daily penalty”); and
(d)if P will not be liable to an additional daily penalty, the date by which the penalty for which P is liable must be paid.
(3) Subject to regulation 15, where the [F2regulator] is satisfied that P is liable to an additional daily penalty the [F2regulator] must, when the amount of that additional daily penalty can be determined, serve a notice on P (an “additional penalty notice”) specifying—
(a)the total amount of the civil penalties due; and
(b)the date by which that amount must be paid.
(4) A civil penalty imposed by a penalty notice or an additional penalty notice must be paid to the [F2regulator] by the date specified in the notice.
(5) Any such civil penalty is recoverable by the [F2regulator] as a civil debt.
[F3(6) If the regulator is the Environment Agency it must, as soon as reasonably practicable—
(a)notify the Secretary of State if it serves a penalty notice under this regulation; and
(b)pass to the Secretary of State any civil penalty that has been paid to it pursuant to such notice.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 6 inserted (31.1.2014) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme and National Emissions Inventory (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3135), regs. 1, 12
F2Word in reg. 14 substituted (1.2.2015) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory (Amendment) Regulations2014 (S.I. 2014/3075), regs. 1(1), 2(6) (with reg. 3)
F3Reg. 14(6) inserted (1.2.2015) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory (Amendment) Regulations2014 (S.I. 2014/3075), regs. 1(1), 2(7) (with reg. 3)