{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-type-approval-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-type-approval-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/235",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorcycles (Type-Approval) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorcycles-type-approval-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Civil penalties",
  "text": "(1) The enforcement authority may require a person who is an economic operator to pay a penalty if the enforcement authority is satisfied, on a balance of probabilities, that the person has committed an offence mentioned in paragraph 1.\n(2) But the enforcement authority may not require a person to pay a penalty if—\n(a) the person shows that there was a reasonable excuse for committing the offence; or\n(b) criminal proceedings have been instituted against the person in respect of the same offence.\n(3) A penalty imposed under this paragraph may not exceed £50,000 per offence.\n(4) The penalty is payable to the enforcement authority on demand.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/235/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:01:34.525416+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."
}