PART 6ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION

CHAPTER 1PENALTY NOTICES

Procedure

66Registration certificates

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.