# The Payment Services Regulations 2017, Regulation 127: Penalties


(1) The Payment Systems Regulator may require a regulated person to pay a penalty in respect of a compliance failure.
(2) A penalty—
(a) must be paid to the Payment Systems Regulator; and
(b) may be enforced by the Payment Systems Regulator as a debt.
(3) The Payment Systems Regulator must prepare a statement of the principles which it will apply in determining—
(a) whether to impose a penalty; and
(b) the amount of a penalty.
(4) The Payment Systems Regulator must—
(a) publish the statement on its website;
(b) send a copy to the Treasury;
(c) review the statement from time to time and revise it if necessary (and sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to a revision); and
(d) in applying the statement to a compliance failure, apply the version in force when the compliance failure occurred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/752/regulation/127 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/payment-services-regulations-2017/regulation-127
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