Section 16L Notice of conviction and penaltyF1

England and Wales

(1)

The Lord Chancellor must secure that a person who is convicted of an offence under section 16H is given a notice of conviction and penalty.

(2)

A notice of conviction and penalty is an electronic notification which—

(a)

sets out each penalty imposed on the offender under section 16I;

(b)

specifies a magistrates’ court for the purposes of section 16K;

(c)

requires the offender to pay the sums that the offender is liable to pay under section 16I—

(i)

within the relevant 28-day period, and

(ii)

in the manner specified in the notice.

(3)

The relevant 28-day period is the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the person’s conviction took effect.

(4)

In this section—

“electronic notification” has the meaning given by section 16G(4);
“penalty” means—
1. (a)
  a fine,
2. (b)
  penalty points,
3. (c)
  compensation,
4. (d)
  prosecution costs, or
5. (e)
  a surcharge;
“penalty points” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

Annotations

F1: Ss. 16G-16M and cross-heading inserted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), ss. 3, 51(4); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(a)