34Enforcement
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(1)This section applies where the Secretary of State has given a penalty notice to a person.
(2)If all or part of the penalty is not paid before the payment date, the unpaid balance carries interest from that date at the rate for the time being specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838.
(3)The “payment date” is the date by which the penalty must be paid, as stated in the penalty notice.
(4)But where the SSRO, in determining a matter mentioned in section 32(7), states a new date by which the penalty must be paid, the “payment date” is that new date.
(5)The Secretary of State may recover from the person as a debt due to the Secretary of State the unpaid balance and any unpaid interest.