PART 6

ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION
CHAPTER 1

PENALTY NOTICES

Procedure

Registration certificates
66
1
This section and section 67 apply where by virtue of section 62(5) a sum determined by reference to the penalty for any offence may be registered under section 67 for enforcement against any person as a fine.
2
In this section and section 67—
a
that sum is referred to as a “sum payable in default”, and
b
the person against whom that sum may be so registered is referred to as the “defaulter”.
3
The Chief Constable—
a
may in respect of any sum payable in default issue a certificate (a “registration certificate”) stating that the sum is registrable under section 67 for enforcement against the defaulter as a fine; and
b
must cause any certificate so issued to be sent to the fixed penalty clerk.
4
The Chief Constable may authorise a person to carry out the functions of the Chief Constable under subsection (3).
5
A registration certificate must—
a
give particulars of the offence to which the penalty notice relates; and
b
state the name and last known address of the defaulter and the amount of the sum payable in default.
S. 66 in operation at 6.6.2012 by S.R. 2012/214, art. 2(m)