(1)Part 4 (fixed penalties) of the London Local Authorities Act 2004 (c. i) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 16 (fixed penalty notices)—
(a)in subsection (2)(a), for “14 days” there is substituted “28 days”.
(b)in subsection (3), the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph (b)—
“(ba)that if the fixed penalty is paid before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of the notice, the amount of the fixed penalty will be reduced by the specified proportion;”;
(c)in subsection (9), before ““chief finance officer”” there is inserted “—(a)” and at the end the following paragraph is inserted—
“(b)“specified proportion” means such proportion, applicable in all cases, as may be determined for the purposes of this section by the borough councils acting through the joint committee.”.
(3)In section 17 (levels of fixed penalties), in subsection (7), for “the said section 18” there is substituted “the said sections 16 and 18”.