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(1)A person to whom a civil penalty notice is given may give notice to the Administrator that he objects to the penalty on one or both of the following grounds—
(a)that he is not liable to pay it;
(b)that the amount of the penalty is too high.
(2)The notice of objection—
(a)must set out the grounds of the objection and the objector’s reasons for objecting on those grounds; and
(b)must be given to the Administrator in the specified manner and within the specified period after the giving of the civil penalty notice.
(3)The Administrator must consider a notice of objection given in accordance with this section and may then—
(a)cancel the penalty;
(b)reduce it;
(c)increase it; or
(d)confirm it.
(4)The Administrator must not enforce a penalty in respect of which he has received a notice of objection before he has notified the objector of the outcome of his consideration of the objection.
(5)That notification of the outcome of his consideration must be given, in the specified manner—
(a)before the end of the specified period; or
(b)within such longer period as he may agree with the objector.
(6)Where, on consideration of an objection, the Administrator increases the penalty, he must give the objector a new civil penalty notice; and, where he reduces it, the notification mentioned in subsection (5) must set out the reduced amount.
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