{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016/schedule-7/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/measuring-instruments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interest and recovery",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if all or part of a monetary penalty imposed under these Regulations is unpaid by the time when it is required to be paid.\n(2) The unpaid amount of a penalty for the time being—\n(a) carries interest at a rate for the time being specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 , and\n(b) does not also carry interest as a judgment debt under that section.\n(3) The total amount of interest imposed under sub-paragraph (2) must not exceed the amount of the penalty.\n(4) The Secretary of State may recover from the economic operator on whom it is imposed as a civil debt, the unpaid amount of the penalty and any unpaid interest.\n(5) Any sums received by the Secretary of State by way of a penalty imposed under these Regulations or interest under this paragraph must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1838 c.110."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/schedule/7/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:17:40.726189+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."
}