PART 6ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION
CHAPTER 1PENALTY NOTICES
Penalty notices
I163General restriction on prosecution
1
Proceedings for the offence to which a penalty notice relates may not be brought until the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice was given (“the suspended enforcement period”).
2
If the penalty is paid before the end of the suspended enforcement period, no proceedings may be brought for the offence.
3
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the penalty notice was given has made a request to be tried.