PART 8Offences and penalties

CHAPTER 2Fixed penalties

Amount of fixed penalty: business-related offencesI152

1

This regulation applies to a fixed penalty notice issued in respect of an alleged offence under regulation 42(1) F1... F2... (an “alleged business offence”).

2

Where a fixed penalty notice is issued in respect of an alleged business offence, the amount of the fixed penalty is £1,000.

3

But if the person to whom a fixed penalty notice is issued in respect of an alleged business offence has already received a relevant fixed penalty notice—

a

paragraph (2) does not apply, and

b

the amount of the fixed penalty is—

i

in the case of the second such fixed penalty notice received, £2,000;

ii

in the case of the third such fixed penalty notice received, £4,000;

iii

in the case of the fourth and any subsequent such fixed penalty notice received, £10,000.

4

In paragraph (3), “relevant fixed penalty notice” means—

a

a fixed penalty notice issued in respect of an alleged business offence;

b

a fixed penalty notice under the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 4) (Wales) Regulations 2020 to which regulation 42 of those Regulations applies.