Final provisions
Service of notices
20.—(1) Where the penalty notice is served by first class post(1), service is deemed to have been effected, unless the contrary is proved, on the second working day after posting the notice.
(2) In this regulation “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(2).
Sums received by local authorities
21.—(1) The functions of a local authority specified for the purposes of section 444A(6)(a) of the 1996 Act are issuing and enforcing penalty notices, and prosecuting recipients who do not pay.
(2) To the extent that sums received by a local authority are not used for the purposes of the functions specified in paragraph (1), they must be paid to the Welsh Ministers.
Section 572 of the Education Act 1996 makes provision for the service of notices.