5Amount of penalty fare
(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, a penalty fare shall be £10 and shall be payable to the Executive before the expiration of the period of 21 days beginning with the day following the day on which the journey in respect of which it is payable is completed.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order prescribe that the amount of the penalty fare shall be different (whether higher or lower), and any such order shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.