{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-penalty-notices-england-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/758",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Penalty Notices) (England) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-penalty-notices-england-order-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Issue of penalty notice",
  "text": "(1) Where an authorised officer has reason to believe that a person has committed a penalty offence, the authorised officer may issue that person with a penalty notice for an amount not exceeding £10,000.\n(2) In determining the penalty, an authorised officer must have regard to any guidance given by the MMO on matters to be taken into account when making such a determination.\n(3) A penalty notice is issued at the time when it is sent by post or delivered by hand to the person to whom it relates.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 6.4.2011, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/758/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:12:56.075240+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."
}