{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-4/paragraph-6.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/4/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Contents of a non-compliance notice",
  "text": "(1) A non-compliance penalty notice shall include information as to—\n(a) the grounds for imposing the non-compliance penalty;\n(b) the Administrator’s response to any representations and objections made by the seller, including the effect (if any) on the amount of the penalty imposed;\n(c) the amount of the penalty;\n(d) how payment may be made;\n(e) the date by which payment shall be made;\n(f) the right of appeal; and\n(g) the consequences of failure to make payment by the date it is due.\n(2) A non-compliance penalty shall be paid by a seller within 56 days beginning with the date of service of the non-compliance notice.\n(3) But this is subject to sub-paragraph (4) and regulation 20(4) (suspension of requirements and notices pending determination of an appeal).\n(4) If the requirements of the non-monetary discretionary requirement are complied with before the 56 days expire, the non-compliance penalty is not payable.\n(5) A seller on whom a non-compliance penalty notice is served may appeal against it.\n(6) The grounds of appeal are—\n(a) that the decision to serve the notice was based on an error of fact;\n(b) that the decision was wrong in law;\n(c) that the decision was unfair or unreasonable for any reason (including, in a case where the amount of the non-compliance penalty was determined by the Administrator, that the amount is unreasonable);\n(d) any other reason.",
  "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/4/paragraph/6",
    "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."
}