PART 6Appeals and recovery of financial penalties
Recovery of financial penalty24
1
The amount of an unpaid financial penalty is recoverable from L as a debt owed to the enforcement authority unless the notice has been withdrawn or quashed.
2
Proceedings for the recovery of the financial penalty may not be commenced—
a
before the expiry of the period for requesting a review specified in the penalty notice by virtue of regulation 18(2)(h)(ii),
b
where a review has been requested under regulation 21(1), before the enforcement authority has served notice of its decision under regulation 21(2)(c), and
c
where the enforcement authority has served notice of its decision under regulation 21(2)(c) confirming the penalty notice, before the expiry of the period within which L may appeal under regulation 22.
3
In proceedings for the recovery of a financial penalty, a certificate which—
a
purports to be signed by or on behalf of the person having responsibility for the financial affairs of the enforcement authority, and
b
states that payment of the financial penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,
is evidence of the facts stated.