{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-237B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972/section-237B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/70",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1972",
  "path": "section/237B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "237B",
  "heading": "Amount of fixed penalty",
  "text": "(1) The amount of a fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under section 237A is—\n(a) the amount specified by the authority which made the byelaw, or\n(b) if no amount is so specified, £75.\n(2) An authority may specify different amounts in relation to different byelaws.\n(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision in connection with the powers under subsections (1)(a) and (2).\n(4) Regulations under subsection (3) may, in particular—\n(a) require an amount specified under subsection (1)(a) to fall within a range prescribed in the regulations,\n(b) restrict the extent to which, and the circumstances in which, an authority can make provision under subsection (2).\n(5) The Secretary of State may by order substitute a different amount for the amount for the time being specified in subsection (1)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 237A-237C inserted (27.1.2010) by Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28), ss. 130(1), 245(5); S.I. 2010/112, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 236-238 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2010) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/490), regs. 1(2), 31(2) (with reg. 125)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 237A-237E applied (with modifications) (1.4.2014) by The Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/865), arts. 1, 11(2) (with arts. 8(4), 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Ss. 237A-238 applied (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), regs. 1(2), 33(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/section/237B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:26.887741+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."
}