# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 9


(1) If a notice of intent to impose a fixed monetary penalty is served on any person in relation to a contravention which is an offence (“the related offence”), no criminal proceedings may be instituted against that person for the related offence before the expiry of a period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice of intent is served.
(2) If, in relation to a contravention which is an offence, a person has paid a fixed monetary penalty, or has discharged liability for a fixed monetary penalty within the 28 day period referred to in sub-paragraph (1), that person may not by reason of the contravention be convicted at any time of the related offence, unless the contravention is a continuing act or omission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/schedule/13/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/schedule-13/paragraph-9
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