# The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010, Paragraph 5: Service of final notice


(1) If the person who has received a notice of intent does not discharge liability within 28 days the regulator may serve a final notice imposing a fixed monetary penalty.
(2) The regulator may not serve a final notice on a person where the regulator is satisfied that the person would not, by reason of any defence, be liable to be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.
(3) A regulator who serves a final notice relating to a fixed monetary penalty may not serve any other notice under this Order in relation to the offence.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111492512/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-civil-sanctions-england-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-5
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.