Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018

Penalties

8 Penalties

A person guilty of an offence under section 2 is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

9 Fixed penalties

(1) Where an authorised officer of a local authority has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 2 in the local authority’s area, the officer may give that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of that offence.

(2) A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering a person the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence by paying a fixed penalty.

(3) In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by a partnership, the reference in subsection (1) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given is to be treated as a reference to the partnership.

(4) In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by an unincorporated association other than a partnership, the reference in subsection (1) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given is to be treated as a reference to the association.

(5) For further provision about fixed penalties, see Schedule 1.

(6) For the meaning of “authorised officer”, see section 11.