PART 14Administration

Penalty fees for late payment of periodic fees49

1

Subject to paragraph (2), if a person has failed to pay a periodic fee by the time it has become payable under regulation 48, a penalty fee is payable by that person.

2

A penalty fee is payable only if, after a period of 60 days commencing on the date of the written notice (“the notice”) issued by the licensing authority requiring payment of that fee, the fee remains unpaid.

3

Unless regulation 50 applies, where a periodic fee remains unpaid after 60 days commencing on the date of the notice, the penalty fee is—

a

£100 where the total unpaid fee exceeds £200; or

b

£50 where the total unpaid fee does not exceed £200.

4

In paragraph (3), the “total periodic fee” means the total of all the periodic fees payable by a person in connection with all the authorizations, registrations, authorisations or licences held by that person.