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Regulation 21 Withdrawal of fixed penalty notice

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(1)

A fixed penalty notice may be withdrawn in any case in which the appropriate authority determines that it–

(a)

ought not to have been issued; or

(b)

ought not to have been issued to the person named as the person to whom it was issued.

(2)

Where a fixed penalty notice has been withdrawn in accordance with paragraph (1)–

(a)

notice of the withdrawal shall be given to the person to whom the notice was issued;

(b)

any amount paid by way of fixed penalty in pursuance of that notice shall be repaid to the person who paid it; and

(c)

no proceedings shall be continued or instituted against that person for the offence in connection with which the withdrawal notice was issued.