Payment of penalty
6.—(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.