The Bus Lane Contraventions (Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

PART VI ENFORCEMENT OF CHARGES

Charge certificates

30.—(1) Where—

(a) a charge notice is served on any person; and

(b) the charge to which it relates is not paid before the end of the relevant period, the enforcing authority may serve on that person a statement (a “charge certificate”) to the effect that the charge in question is increased by 50 per cent.

(2) The “relevant period” for the purposes of paragraph (1) means—

(a) where a notice of rejection is served but no appeal is made, the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of the notice of rejection;

(b) where there has been an unsuccessful appeal against the imposition of the charge, the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the adjudicator’s decision is sent to the appellant pursuant to regulation 20(6);

(c) where an appeal is withdrawn, the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which it is withdrawn; and

(d) where no representations are made, the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the charge notice is served.

Enforcement of charges

31.  Where, in relation to a charge notice—

(a) the relevant period for the purposes of regulation 30(1) has expired; and

(b) the increased charge for which the charge certificate provides is not paid before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the certificate is served,

the authority concerned may recover the charge as if it were payable under an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by the sheriff for any sheriffdom.