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The Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing Development Consent Order 2020

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52.—(1) This article applies where it appears to an authorised person that a person has committed an offence under byelaws made under paragraph (1) of article 51 (byelaws) or vessel byelaws.

(2) The authorised person may serve on that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.

(3) Where a person is given a fixed penalty notice under this article in respect of an offence—

(a)no proceedings may be instituted for that offence before the expiration of 14 days after the date of the notice; and

(b)that person may not be convicted of the offence if the fixed penalty is paid before the expiration of 14 days after the date of the notice.

(4) A fixed penalty notice must state—

(a)the amount of the fixed penalty;

(b)particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary for giving reasonable information about the offence;

(c)the time by which and the manner in which the fixed penalty must be paid, including any telephone number to be used for payments by credit or debit card and details of any electronic payment facility; and

(d)that proceedings may be instituted if payment is not made within the time specified in the fixed penalty notice.

(5) The amount of the fixed penalty is—

(a)one fifth of the maximum amount of the fine to which the person to whom the fixed penalty notice is issued would be liable on summary conviction provided that person pays the fixed penalty in full within 7 days of issue of the fixed penalty notice; or

(b)one half of the maximum amount of the fine to which the person to whom the fixed penalty notice is issued would be liable on summary conviction.

(6) An authorised person may require a person to whom this article applies to pay a deposit of one tenth of the maximum amount of the fine to which a person may be liable under level 3 on the standard scale on accepting a fixed penalty notice if that person fails to provide, when requested, evidence of a residential address in the United Kingdom.

(7) Payment of the deposit must be made—

(a)in person to the authorised person by cash, credit card, debit card or other means by which the undertaker accepts payments, if the authorised person has the necessary means to accept payment in that manner;

(b)by telephone by credit card, debit card or other means by which the undertaker accepts payments by telephone to the number stipulated in the fixed penalty notice for making payments; or

(c)by an electronic payment facility.

(8) The undertaker must apply the deposit towards payment of the fixed penalty.

(9) In any proceedings a certificate which—

(a)purports to be signed on behalf an officer of the undertaker appointed under section 151 (financial administration) of the Local Government Act 1972; and

(b)states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,

is evidence of the facts stated.

(10) In this article—

app” means a software application for use on an electronic device which—

(a)

enables payments to be made by credit card, debit card or other means by which the undertaker accepts electronic payments; and

(b)

which is provided to the public by the undertaker for that purpose;

credit card” means a card or similar thing issued to any person, use of which enables the holder to defer payment by the holder of a sum due under this article;

debit card” means a card or similar thing issued by any person, use of which enables the holder to cause a sum due under this article to be paid by the electronic transfer of funds from any account of the holder at a bank or other institution providing banking facilities;

electronic payment facility” means an app, an internet payment facility and any other means by which the undertaker accepts payments due under this article by electronic means;

fixed penalty notice” means a notice offering the opportunity of the discharge of liability to conviction of an offence under byelaws made under article 51(1) or vessel byelaws;

internet payment facility” means a facility provided by a website maintained by the undertaker or on its behalf which enables payments to be made by credit card, debit card or other means by which the undertaker accepts electronic payments; and

vessel byelaws” has the meaning assigned to it by article 51(15).

Commencement Information

I1Art. 52 in force at 15.10.2020, see art. 1

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