The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007

Form and content of penalty notices

3.  A penalty notice must give such details of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence to which the notice relates as are necessary to give reasonable information as to the offence and must contain—

(a) the name and address of the recipient;

(b) the name and address of the child who—

(i) is failing to attend school regularly;

(ii) is failing to attend alternative educational provision regularly and, as applicable—

(aa) the name of the school where he is a registered pupil, if applicable; and

(bb) the place where the alternative educational provision is provided for the child or at which he is required to attend; or

(iii) was present in a public place at a time during school hours on a school day falling within section 103(2) of the 2006 Act,

as the case may be;

(c) the name and official particulars of the authorised officer issuing the notice;

(d) the period during which the offence was committed in the case of an offence under section 444 of the 1996 Act, and the date of the offence in relation to an offence under section 103(3) of the 2006 Act, and (in either case) the date of the issue of the notice;

(e) the amount of the penalty which is to be paid, if it is paid within 28 days in accordance with regulation 4, and the amount in accordance with that regulation if it is not paid within that period but is paid within 42 days;

(f) the name and the address of the local education authority to which the penalty is to be paid in accordance with regulation 6 and to which any correspondence relating to the penalty notice may be sent;

(g) the method or methods by which payment of the penalty may be made;

(h) the period for paying the penalty, in accordance with regulation 5;

(i) a statement that payment within that period will discharge any liability for the offence;

(j) the consequences of the penalty not being paid before the expiration of the period for paying it; and

(k) the grounds on which the notice may be withdrawn.