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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/london-local-authorities-and-transport-for-london-act-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukla/2003/3",
  "legislation_title": "London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2003",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Charge certificates",
  "text": "(1) Where a penalty charge notice is served on any person and the penalty charge to which it relates is not paid before the end of the relevant period, the enforcing authority may serve on that person a statement (in this paragraph referred to as a “charge certificate”) to the effect that the penalty charge in question is increased by 50 per cent.\n(2) The relevant period, in relation to a penalty charge notice is the period of 28 days beginning—\n(a) where no representations are made under paragraph 1 above, with the date on which the penalty charge notice is served;\n(b) where such representations are made and a notice of rejection is served by the enforcing authority and no appeal against the notice of rejection is made with the date on which the period within which an appeal could have been made expires; or\n(c) where there has been an unsuccessful appeal against a notice of rejection, with the date on which notice of the adjudicator’s decision is served on the appellant.\n(3) Where an appeal against a notice of rejection is made but is withdrawn before the decision of the adjudicator is made the relevant period in relation to a penalty charge notice is the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the appeal is withdrawn.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2003/3/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:19.510288+00:00"
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  "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."
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