14.—(1) The Commissioners may assess a penalty where a person fails to comply with—
(a)the requirements set out in regulation 4(2),
(b)any condition or restriction to which an approval is subject, or
(c)the obligations set out in Part 3.
(2) In this Part references to a “contravention” are to failing to comply with the requirements, conditions, restrictions or obligations mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) to (c).
(3) If the Commissioners assess a penalty they must give notice to the person who is liable for the penalty.
(4) A notice under paragraph (3) must state the contravention in respect of which the penalty is assessed.
(5) An assessment of a penalty under this Part may not be made later than one year after evidence of facts sufficient in the opinion of the Commissioners to indicate the contravention comes to their knowledge.
(6) Two or more contraventions may be treated by the Commissioners as a single contravention for the purposes of assessing a penalty under this Part.