Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)

Part 1 E+W Duty to participate in education or training: England

Chapter 3 E+W Employers

Prospective

Employer to enable participation in education or training E+W

36 Withdrawal or variation of penalty notice given under section 31: further provisions E+W

(1) If a penalty notice is withdrawn under section 33 or 35, any sum already paid or recovered in respect of the penalty notice must be repaid to the employer with interest at the appropriate rate running from the date when the sum was paid or recovered.

(2) If the amount of a penalty is reduced under section 33, any sum already paid or recovered must, to the extent that it was paid or recovered in respect of any amount in excess of the reduced amount, be repaid to the employer with interest at the appropriate rate running from the date when the sum was paid or recovered.

(3) In this section “the appropriate rate” means the rate that, on the date the sum was paid or recovered, was specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 (c. 110).