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SCHEDULE 1

PART 1Fixed monetary penalties

Prescribed amount

1.  For the purposes of paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 19C (fixed monetary penalty) the amount prescribed is £200.

Discharge of liability

2.  For the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 19C (sum by which penalty may be discharged) the sum prescribed is £200.

Appeals

3.—(1) An appeal under paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 19C against the decision to impose a fixed monetary penalty must be made within 28 days of the day on which the final notice was received.

(2) The penalty is suspended from the day on which the appeal is made.

(3) The suspension has effect until the day on which the appeal is determined or withdrawn.

Late payment

4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5), the fixed monetary penalty must be paid within 28 days of the day on which the final notice was received.

(2) If the penalty is not paid within that period the amount payable is increased by 25%.

(3) If the penalty (as increased by sub-paragraph (2)) is not paid within 56 days of the day on which the final notice was received, the amount payable is the amount of the fixed monetary penalty originally imposed increased by 50%.

(4) In the case of an appeal, any penalty which falls to be paid, whether because the court upheld the penalty or varied it, or because the appeal was withdrawn, is payable within 28 days of the day of determination or withdrawal of the appeal, and if not paid within that period the amount payable is increased by 25%.

(5) If the penalty (as increased by sub-paragraph (4)) is not paid within 56 days of the day of the determination or withdrawal of the appeal, the amount payable is the amount of the fixed monetary penalty originally imposed increased by 50%.