Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

5 General restriction on proceedingsE+W
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(1)Proceedings for the offence to which a penalty notice relates may not be brought [F1during] 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.

[F2(2A)Proceedings for an offence to which a penalty notice with an education option relates may not be brought against a person who has, by the end of the suspended enforcement period, asked to attend an approved educational course relating to the offence, unless section 4(8) applies.

(2B)If the person to whom a penalty notice with an education option is given—

(a)completes, in accordance with regulations made under section 4(9), an approved educational course relating to the offence to which the notice relates, and

(b)pays the course fee in accordance with those regulations,

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.

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