{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/schedule-8B/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/schedule-8B/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/54",
  "legislation_title": "Roads (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "schedule/8B/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The penalty for a fixed penalty offence is (subject to paragraph 5) such amount, not exceeding 30 per cent. of the maximum fine for that offence, as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe.\n(2) The period for payment of the penalty is the period of 36 days beginning with the day on which the notice is given.\n(3) The roads authority may extend the period for paying the penalty in any particular case if they consider it appropriate to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 8B inserted (1.10.2008) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), s. 54(2), sch. 7; S.S.I. 2008/15, art. 2(3), sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 8B para. 4(2) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/243), regs. 1, 7(a)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/schedule/8B/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:06.913643+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."
}