# Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, Section 17: Penalty notices

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) If the Security Industry Authority is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that a person is contravening or has contravened a relevant requirement, it may give a penalty notice to the person.
(2) A penalty notice is a notice requiring the person to pay a penalty of a specified amount (a “non-compliance penalty”) to the Security Industry Authority within a specified period.
(3) A person may not be given more than one penalty notice in respect of the same contravention.
(4) A penalty notice may not require a person to pay a non-compliance penalty in respect of a single contravention of an amount greater than the maximum determined in accordance with section 18.
(5) A penalty notice may not specify a period for paying a non-compliance penalty that is less than 28 days, beginning with the day on which the notice is given.
(6) A penalty notice may be given to a person in respect of a contravention whether or not the person has been given a compliance notice or restriction notice in respect of the contravention.
(7) A person is not liable to a non-compliance penalty in respect of any failure to comply with a notice for which the person has been convicted of an offence under this Part.
(8) In this section—
“relevant requirement” means a requirement imposed by or under any of sections 5 to 10, 13 and 14 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3;
“specified” means specified in the penalty notice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/10/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-protection-of-premises-act-2025/section-17
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