The appropriate amount2
1
Subject to paragraph (2), the appropriate amount of a financial penalty deposit shall be—
a
in relation to a fixed penalty offence for which a person has been given a fixed penalty notice or handed a conditional offer, the amount indicated in relation to that offence in the third column of Schedule 1;
b
in relation to a graduated fixed penalty offence for which a person has been given a fixed penalty notice or handed a conditional offer, the amount indicated in relation to that offence in Schedule 2, by reference to the circumstances of the offence, those being the nature of the contravention and, where specified, its seriousness; and
c
in relation to an offence for which a person has been given notification that it appears likely that proceedings will be brought against him, £300.
2
The appropriate amount shall not, in respect of any single occasion on which more than one financial penalty deposit requirement has been imposed, exceed £900.