# Food Hygiene Rating Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 11: Fixed penalty


(1) Where an authorised officer of a district council has reason to believe that an offence has been committed under section 10(1) or (2) in the case of a food business establishment in its district, the officer may give the operator of the establishment a fixed penalty notice.
(2) A “fixed penalty notice” is a notice offering the operator the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence by payment of a fixed penalty.
(3) The Schedule (which makes further provision about fixed penalties) has effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/3/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-hygiene-rating-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-11
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