Part 1 Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder
C1C2Chapter 1 On the Spot Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour
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Pt. 1 Ch. 1 modified (26.12.2004) by The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amendment of Minimum Age) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3166), art. 6
Penalty notices and penalties
5 General restriction on proceedings
1
Proceedings for the offence to which a penalty notice relates may not be brought until the end of the period of 21 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.
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 extended (15.11.2003) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 38, 108, Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(a); S.I. 2003/2593, art. 2(d)