[F130ZAPenalty noticesE+W
(1)Where the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that a person has committed a fixed penalty offence, they may give the person a penalty notice in respect of the offence.
(2)A fixed penalty offence is any relevant offence which—
(a)relates to an establishment or agency for which the Welsh Ministers are the registration authority, and
(b)is prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(3)A relevant offence is—
(a)an offence under this Part or under regulations made under this Part F2...
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)A penalty notice is a notice offering the person the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for the offence to which the notice relates by payment of a penalty in accordance with the notice.
(5)Where a person is given a penalty notice, proceedings for the offence to which the notice relates may not be instituted before the end of such period as may be prescribed.
(6)Where a person is given a penalty notice, the person cannot be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates if the person pays the penalty in accordance with the notice.
(7)Penalties under this section are payable to the Welsh Ministers.
(8)In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 30ZA, 30ZB and preceding cross-heading inserted (21.7.2008 for certain purposes and 1.4.2009 otherwise) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170(1)(b)(3), Sch. 5 para. 25; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 35
F2Word in s. 30ZA(3) omitted (29.4.2019) by virtue of The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/772), regs. 1(2), 10(a)
F3S. 30ZA(3)(b) omitted (29.4.2019) by virtue of The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/772), regs. 1(2), 10(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 30ZA applied (with modifications) (31.3.2017) by The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Private Dental Practices) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/200), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(h), Sch.