{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Contents of a penalty notice",
  "text": "(1) A penalty notice must—\n(a) give reasons for the imposition of the penalty;\n(b) specify the amount of the penalty and how it is to be paid;\n(c) specify the period within which the penalty must be paid;\n(d) contain details of the right of appeal against the penalty (see paragraph 6);\n(e) set out the consequences of not paying the penalty.\n(2) The period specified under sub-paragraph (1)(c) must be at least 28 days beginning with the day on which the penalty notice is given.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}