# The Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 12: Codes of conduct


Each local education authority shall draw up a code of conduct which sets out measures to ensure consistency in the issuing of penalty notices, including —
(a) means of avoiding the issue of duplicate notices;
(b) measures to ensure that a notice is not issued when proceedings for an offence under section 444 of the Act are contemplated or have been commenced by the local education authority;
(c) the occasions when it will be appropriate to issue a penalty notice for an offence;
(d) a maximum number of penalty notices that may be issued to one parent in any twelve month period; and
(e) arrangements for co-ordination between the local education authority, neighbouring local education authorities where appropriate, the police and authorised officers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/181/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-penalty-notices-england-regulations-2004/regulation-12
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