{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/13",
  "legislation_title": "Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-enforcement-and-sanctions-act-2008",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Combination of sanctions",
  "text": "(1) Provision may not be made under section 39 and section 42 conferring powers on a regulator in relation to the same offence unless it secures that—\n(a) the regulator may not serve a notice of intent referred to in section 40(2)(a) on a person in relation to any act or omission where a discretionary requirement has been imposed on that person in relation to that act or omission, and\n(b) the regulator may not serve a notice of intent referred to in section 43(2)(a) on a person in relation to any act or omission where—\n(i) a fixed monetary penalty has been imposed on that person in relation to that act or omission, or\n(ii) the person has discharged liability to a fixed monetary penalty in relation to that act or omission pursuant to section 40(2)(b).\n(2) Provision may not be made under section 39 and section 46 conferring powers on a regulator in relation to the same offence unless it secures that—\n(a) the regulator may not serve a notice of intent referred to in section 40(2)(a) on a person in relation to any act or omission where a stop notice has been served on that person in relation to that act or omission, and\n(b) the regulator may not serve a stop notice on a person in relation to any act or omission where—\n(i) a fixed monetary penalty has been imposed on that person in relation to that act or omission, or\n(ii) the person has discharged liability to a fixed monetary penalty in relation to that act or omission pursuant to section 40(2)(b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/13/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:57.307426+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."
}