Regulation 17 Charge certificatesI1
England and Wales
Where a penalty charge notice is served on a person and the penalty charge to which it relates is not paid before the end of the relevant period, the charging authority serving the penalty charge notice may serve on that person a statement (a “charge certificate”) to the effect that the penalty charge in question is increased to the sum specified in the charging scheme under which it was incurred.
A charging authority which has served a charge certificate on any person may cancel the charge certificate and serve or cancel such further charge certificates as it thinks fit.
The “relevant period” in paragraph (1) means the period of 28 days beginning—
where no representations are made under regulation 8, with the date on which the penalty charge notice is served;
where—
such representations are made;
a notice of rejection is served under regulation 10(1) by the charging authority concerned; and
no appeal against the notice of rejection is made,
with the date on which the notice of rejection is served; or
where there has been an unsuccessful appeal to an adjudicator against a notice of rejection, with the date on which notice of the adjudicator’s decision is served on the appellant.
Where an appeal against a notice of rejection is made but is withdrawn before the adjudicator gives notice of the adjudicator’s decision, the “relevant period” in paragraph (1) in relation to a penalty charge notice is the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the appeal is withdrawn.