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PART 6 N.I.ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION

CHAPTER 1N.I.PENALTY NOTICES

Penalty noticesN.I.

Effect of penalty noticeN.I.

62—(1) This section applies if a penalty notice is given to a person (“A”) under section 60.

(2) If A asks to be tried for the alleged offence, proceedings may be brought against A.

(3) Such a request must be made by a notice given by A—

(a)in the manner specified in the penalty notice; and

(b)before the end of the suspended enforcement period (as to which see section 63).

(4) A request which is made in accordance with subsection (3) is referred to in this Chapter as a “request to be tried”.

(5) If, by the end of the suspended enforcement period—

(a)the penalty has not been paid in accordance with this Chapter, and

(b)A has not made a request to be tried,

a sum equal to one and a half times the amount of the penalty may be registered under section 67 for enforcement against A as a fine.

Commencement Information

I1S. 62 in operation at 6.6.2012 by S.R. 2012/214, art. 2(m)