{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "nidsr/2012/9780337989537",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notice of intent",
  "text": "(1) Where the Administrator proposes to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a seller, the Administrator shall serve by post a notice of intent on that seller.\n(2) A notice of intent shall—\n(a) state the amount of the penalty;\n(b) offer the seller the opportunity to discharge its liability to the penalty by paying the specified sum within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served;\n(c) include information as to—\n(i) the grounds for the proposal to impose the fixed monetary penalty;\n(ii) the effect of payment of the specified sum;\n(iii) the right to make representations and objections conferred by paragraph 5;\n(iv) the circumstances in which the Administrator may not impose the fixed monetary penalty;\n(v) the 28 day period within which liability to the fixed monetary penalty may be discharged by virtue of paragraph 4;\n(vi) the 28 day period within which representations and objections may be made;\n(vii) how payment may be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337989537/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:11.554149+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."
}