{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/schedule-22B/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/schedule-22B/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/66",
  "legislation_title": "Highways Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980",
  "path": "schedule/22B/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A fixed penalty notice must identify the offence to which it relates and give reasonable particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute that offence.\n(2) A fixed penalty notice must also state—\n(a) the amount of the penalty and the period within which it may be paid;\n(b) the discounted amount and the period within which it may be paid;\n(c) the person to whom and the address at which payment may be made;\n(d) the method or methods by which payment may be made;\n(e) the person to whom and the address at which any representations relating to the notice may be addressed;\n(f) the consequences of not making any payment within the period for payment.\n(3) The person specified under sub-paragraph (2)(c) must be the highway authority or a person acting on their behalf.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 22B inserted (prosp.) by Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), ss. 64(3), 99, Sch. 6 (with s. 38)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2004/18",
      "affecting_title": "Traffic Management Act 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/schedule/22B/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:39.674923+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."
}