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3.—(1) When an authorised officer proposes to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person, the officer must serve on that person a notice of what is proposed (“a notice of intent”).
(2) The notice of intent must include—
(a)the grounds for the proposal to impose the fixed monetary penalty;
(b)the amount of the penalty;
(c)a statement that liability for the penalty can be discharged by paying 50% of the penalty within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice was received; and
(d)information as to—
(i)the effect of that discharge payment,
(ii)the right to make representations and objections within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice of intent was received, and
(iii)the circumstances in which an authorised officer may not impose the fixed monetary penalty (including any defences relating to the offence in relation to which the notice is served).
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