# Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006, Paragraph 3


(1) If OFCOM have reason to believe that a person has committed a relevant offence, they may send a fixed penalty notice to that person.
(2) If a procurator fiscal receives a report that a person has committed a relevant offence in Scotland, he also has power to send a fixed penalty notice to that person.
(3) If an authorised person has, on any occasion, reason to believe that a person—
(a) is committing a relevant offence, or
(b) has on that occasion committed a relevant offence,
he may hand that person a fixed penalty notice.
(4) “Authorised person” means a person authorised by OFCOM, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), to issue fixed penalty notices on OFCOM's behalf.
(5) References in this Schedule to the person by whom a fixed penalty notice is issued, in relation to a notice handed to a person in accordance with sub-paragraph (3), are references to OFCOM.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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