Regulation 14 Requirement to draw up code of conductI1

England and Wales

Each local authority must 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 penalty notices;

(b)

measures to ensure that a penalty notice is not issued in respect of an offence when proceedings for that offence under section 444 of the 1996 Act (or an offence under subsection (1A) of that section arising out of the same circumstances) as the case may be, are contemplated or have been commenced by the local 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 authority, neighbouring local authorities where appropriate, the police and authorised officers^f1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 14 in force at 2.9.2013, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: “Authorised officer” is defined in section 444B(4) of the Education Act 1996 (c.56) in relation to penalty notices under section 444A of that Act.