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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/279",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Conservation (Fixed Monetary Penalties) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "path": "article/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Discount for early payment where representations or objections are made",
  "text": "Where a decision is made to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person who has made representations or objections in accordance with Article 6, that person’s liability to the penalty is discharged if 50% of the amount to the penalty is paid within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the penalty is served; otherwise Article 9 applies.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/279/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:57.474823+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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