{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017/section-49.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2017/2",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health (Wales) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-wales-act-2017",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Fixed penalty notices",
  "text": "(1) Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under section 38(2), (4) or (5) in the local authority's area, the officer may give that person a fixed penalty notice in respect of the offence.\n(2) A fixed penalty notice is a notice offering a person the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence to which the notice relates by paying a fixed penalty.\n(3) In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by a partnership, the reference in subsection (1) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given is to be treated as a reference to the partnership.\n(4) In the case of an offence that an authorised officer has reason to believe has been committed by an unincorporated association other than a partnership, the reference in subsection (1) to the person to whom a fixed penalty notice may be given is to be treated as a reference to the association.\n(5) In this section, “partnership” means—\n(a) a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c.39), or\n(b) a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c.24).\n(6) For further provision about fixed penalties, see Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/2/section/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:32:28.037353+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."
}