The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 (revoked)

Amount of fixed penalty: general offences E+W

17.—(1) Except in the cases mentioned in regulations 13 to 16, the amount of the fixed penalty to be specified under regulation 12(5)(c) is as follows—

(a) if the fixed penalty notice is the first one issued to the person under a relevant enactment, the amount is—

(i) £100, if the amount is paid before the end of the period of 14 days following the date of the notice;

(ii) otherwise, £200;

(b) if the fixed penalty notice is not the first one issued to the person under a relevant enactment, the amount is—

(i) £400, if it is the second fixed penalty notice so issued;

(ii) £800, if it is the third fixed penalty notice so issued;

(iii) £1,600, if it is the fourth fixed penalty notice so issued;

(iv) £3,200, if it is the fifth fixed penalty notice so issued;

(v) £6,400, if it is the sixth or any subsequent fixed penalty notice so issued.

(2) In this regulation, “relevant enactment” means—

(a) these Regulations;

(b) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020;

(c) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020;

(d) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020;

(e) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020;

(f) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020;

(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 M1 ;

(h) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020;

(i) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020 M2 ;

(j) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020;

(k) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Luton) Regulations 2020 M3 ;

(l) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Blackburn with Darwen and Bradford) Regulations 2020 M4 ;

(m) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 M5 ;

(n) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North of England) Regulations 2020 M6 ;

(o) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Bolton) Regulations 2020 M7 ;

(p) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull) Regulations 2020 M8 ;

(q) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East and North West of England) Regulations 2020 M9 .

(3) For the purposes of determining how many fixed penalty notices have been issued to a person under a relevant enactment, no account is to be taken of any fixed penalty notice issued to the person under—

(a) these Regulations, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a travel offence, as defined in regulation 13(2);

(b) these Regulations, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence, as defined in regulation 16(3), or an offence of contravening—

(i) the Step 1 restriction imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1,

(ii) the Step 2 restriction imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, or

(iii) the Step 3 restriction imposed by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3;

(c) these Regulations, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a large gathering offence, as defined in regulation 14(3);

(d) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence, as defined by regulation 12(7) of those Regulations, or an offence of contravening—

(i) a Tier 1 restriction imposed by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations,

(ii) a Tier 2 restriction imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations,

(iii) a Tier 3 restriction imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations, or

(iv) a Tier 4 restriction imposed by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3A to those Regulations;

(e) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a large gathering offence, as defined by regulation 12(3B) of those Regulations;

(f) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a travel declaration offence, as defined by regulation 12(8) of those Regulations;

(g) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 21(12) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by regulation 10 of those Regulations;

(h) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 6(12) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations;

(i) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 6(12) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations;

(j) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence as defined by regulation 6(12) of those Regulations or an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations;

(k) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of an offence of contravening a restriction or requirement imposed by regulation 4A, 4B, 5A or 5B of those Regulations;

(l) the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020, if the notice was issued to the person in respect of a business restriction offence, as defined by regulation 14(7D) M10 of those Regulations, committed on or after 14th October 2020.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 17 in force at 29.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2020/350, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/684, with savings.

M2 S.I. 2020/685, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/824, with savings.

M3 S.I. 2020/800, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/822, with savings.

M4 S.I. 2020/822, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/1019, with savings.

M5 S.I. 2020/824, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/1104, save for regulation 2.

M6 S.I. 2020/828, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/1104, with savings.

M7 S.I. 2020/974, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/1074.

M8 S.I. 2020/988, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/1104, with savings.

M9 S.I. 2020/1010, which was revoked by S.I. 2020/1104 with savings.

M10 Regulation 14(7D) was inserted by S.I. 2020/1103.