# The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020, Paragraph 3: Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty

Extent: E+W

(1) This paragraph applies where the appropriate authority is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that a person has committed an offence under Part 11 of these Regulations.
(2) The appropriate authority may by notice impose on that person a requirement to pay a monetary penalty to the appropriate authority of £250 where the person is an individual and £2000 where the person is a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated association (a “fixed monetary penalty”).
(3) A fixed monetary penalty may not be imposed on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.
(4) The appropriate authority may recover any fixed monetary penalty imposed under this paragraph as if payable under an order of the court.
(5) A fixed monetary penalty paid to the appropriate authority under this paragraph must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/206/schedule/4A/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-plant-health-and-genetically-modified-organisms-wales-regulations-2020/schedule-4A/paragraph-3
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