{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2018/162",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-microbeads-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Fixed penalty amounts and payment periods",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fixed penalty amount and the discounted amount for an offence under regulation 3(1) or (2) are—\n(a) £200 (fixed penalty), and\n(b) £100 (discounted amount).\n(2) Where a person has accepted the offer of a fixed penalty, the fixed penalty must be paid—\n(a) in order for the discounted amount to apply, before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of the notice,\n(b) in any other case, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of the notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 7-9 inserted (31.3.2025) by The Environmental Protection (Injurious Articles) (Fixed Penalty Notices and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/28), regs. 1(1), 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/162/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:39.781009+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."
}