The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020

Amount of fixed penalty: business-related offences

52.—(1) This regulation applies to a fixed penalty notice issued in respect of an alleged offence under regulation 42(1), (2), (3) or (4) (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.