16(1)The Commissioner may serve a Part 2 monetary penalty notice on a person if the person—U.K.
(a)without reasonable excuse fails to comply with an information notice, or
(b)knowingly or recklessly gives any information which is false in a material particular in response to an information notice.
(2)A Part 2 monetary penalty notice is a notice requiring the person on whom it is served to pay to the Commissioner a monetary penalty of an amount determined by the Commissioner and specified in the notice.
(3)The amount of a monetary penalty determined by the Commissioner under this paragraph may be—
(a)a fixed amount,
(b)an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, or
(c)a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.
(4)But the total amount payable must not exceed £10,000.
(5)In the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate—
(a)no account is to be taken of the day on which the Part 2 monetary penalty notice is served or any day before that day, and
(b)the Part 2 monetary penalty notice must specify—
(i)the day on which the amount first starts to accumulate and the circumstances in which it is to cease to accumulate, and
(ii)the period or periods within which the amount, or any part or parts so far accumulated, must be paid to the Commissioner.
Any period falling within paragraph (b)(ii) must not be less than 28 days beginning with the day after the day on which the notice is served.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 27.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 7(g)
17(1)Part 1 of this Schedule applies in relation to a Part 2 monetary penalty notice and the penalty that relates to that notice as it applies in relation to a Part 1 monetary penalty notice and the penalty that relates to that notice.U.K.
(2)The provisions in Part 1 of this Schedule so far as relating to enforcement obligations do not apply in relation to a Part 2 monetary penalty notice.
(3)Paragraph 4 has effect in relation to a Part 2 monetary penalty notice as if in sub-paragraph (6)(b) the reference to making representations about matters falling within sub-paragraph (6)(b)(i) or (ii) were a reference to making representations about matters falling within sub-paragraph (6)(b)(ii) only.
(4)Paragraph 6 has effect in relation to a Part 2 monetary penalty notice as if the references in sub-paragraph (1) to an interception were references to conduct falling within paragraph 16(1)(a) or (b).
(5)Paragraph 7(5) has effect in relation to a Part 2 monetary penalty notice as if the references to an interception were references to conduct falling within paragraph 16(1)(a) or (b).
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 27.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 7(g)