Regulation 5 Payment of a monetary penalty by instalmentsI1
United Kingdom
This regulation applies where—
a monetary penalty notice has been served on P, and
P is not reasonably able to pay the amount of the monetary penalty within the period for payment specified in the notice (‘the specified period’).
Where paragraph (1) applies, P may request the Secretary of State to—
extend the specified period;
allow payment of the monetary penalty by instalments.
A request made under paragraph (2) must be—
made in writing,
F1served on the Secretary of State before the end of the specified period, and
accompanied by evidence relating to P’s circumstances, including in particular information related to—
P’s assets, income and expenditure;
where P is a business, annual turnover.
On receiving a request made under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must consider the request and the evidence submitted by P and, if of the opinion that P is not reasonably able to pay the monetary penalty within the specified period, the Secretary of State may—
extend the specified period;
permit the monetary penalty to be paid by instalments of specified amounts, on or before specified dates.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 5(3)(b) substituted (28.1.2025) by The Ivory Act 2018 (Meaning of “Ivory” and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/9), regs. 1(2), 4(3)