PART 3PENALTY FARES
Amount of penalty fare9.
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), a penalty fare is £25 and is payable to LLAL before the expiration of the period of 21 days beginning with the day following the day on which the journey in respect of which it is payable is completed.
(2)
LLAL may from time to time vary the amount of the penalty fare provided that—
(a)
the consent of the Secretary of State is obtained in writing to such a variation; and
(b)
a notice stating the amount of the penalty fare as so varied is published in a newspaper circulating in the area of Luton Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council not later than 28 days before the day on which the penalty fare, as so varied, is to take effect, and in such additional manner as may be approved by the Secretary of State.