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Fixed penalties

9Levels of fixed penalties

(1)It shall be the duty of the council to set the levels of fixed penalties payable to them under section 8.

(2)Different levels may be set for different areas in the borough and for different cases or classes of case.

(3)In setting the level of fixed penalty under subsection (1) the council may

(a)in respect of relevant offences, take account of—

(i)any reasonable costs or expected costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with the administration of the provisions of Schedule 4 to the 1982 Act; and

(ii)the cost or expected cost of enforcing the provisions of that Schedule; or

(b)in respect of offences under section 6, take account of—

(i)any reasonable costs or expected costs incurred or to be incurred in connection with the administration of the provisions of that section; and

(ii)the cost or expected cost of enforcing the provisions of that section.

(4)Levels of fixed penalties set by the council in accordance with this section may only come into force in accordance with section 10.

(5)The council shall, in a notice in a local newspaper circulating in the borough, publish the levels of fixed penalties which have been set by them in accordance with this section.