PART 6ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION

CHAPTER 1PENALTY NOTICES

Penalty notices

Form of penalty notice61

A penalty notice must—

(a)

state the alleged offence;

(b)

give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary to provide reasonable information about it;

(c)

specify the suspended enforcement period (as to which see section 63) and explain its effect;

(d)

state the amount of the penalty;

(e)

state the fixed penalty clerk to whom, and the address at which, the penalty may be paid; and

(f)

inform the person to whom it is given of the right to ask to be tried for the alleged offence and explain how that right may be exercised.