The penalty

4 Amount of penalty
The amount of the penalty to be paid is—
(a) £60, where the amount is paid within 28 days of receipt of the penalty notice; or
(b) £120, where paragraph (a) does not apply but where the amount is paid within 42 days of receipt of the penalty notice.

5 Period for payment of the penalty
The time by which the penalty is to be paid is within 42 days of receipt of the penalty notice.
If the penalty is paid within this period, the recipient cannot be convicted of the offence under section 444A(4) of the Education Act 1996 (c.56), to which the notice relates.

6 Payment of penalty
1 The penalty is payable to—
(a) the local authority in whose area the school at which the recipient’s child is a registered pupil is situated;
(b) where the child is not, at the time of giving the penalty notice, a registered pupil at any school, whether due to permanent exclusion or otherwise, the local authority in whose area the child resides.
2 A certificate purporting to be signed by the proper officer of a local authority to the effect that the recipient of a penalty notice has or has not paid the amount due on or before a date stated in the certificate is admissible in evidence in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters stated in it.