294 Administrative penalty schemes
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (2009 c 23) | Legislation

Administrative penalty schemes

294  Administrative penalty schemes

(1)     The appropriate national authority for any area may by order make provision to confer on any enforcement authority for that area the power to issue penalty notices for offences within subsection (2).

(2)     The offences referred to in subsection (1) are offences relating to sea fishing, other than—

(a)     an offence under section 30 of the Fisheries Act 1981 (c 29) or any order made under that section;

(b)     an offence under regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c 68).

(3)     A penalty notice is a notice offering the opportunity, by payment of a specified sum of money, to discharge any liability to be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.

(4)     The provision that may be made by an order under subsection (1) includes—

(a)     provision prescribing the offences in relation to which penalty notices may be issued;

(b)     provision as to circumstances in which penalty notices may be issued;

(c)     provision as to the content and form of penalty notices;

(d)     provision as to how the amount of any penalty that may be specified in a penalty notice is to be determined;

(e)

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