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Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation

Schedule 2—Part 3
L.N. 32 of 2020
Section 7
B567

6. Withdrawal of penalty notice or demand notice

(1) The Director may withdraw a penalty notice given, or a demand notice served, in respect of an offence under section 6(1)(a)—

(a) at any time before a recovery order is made; or
(b) at any time before any proceedings for the offence commence.

(2) If a penalty notice or demand notice is withdrawn—

(a) the Director must serve notice of the withdrawal on the person to whom, or on whom, the penalty notice or demand notice has been given or served; and
(b) on application by the person, the Director must refund, through the Director of Accounting Services, any amount paid for the fixed penalty.

(3) If a penalty notice or demand notice is withdrawn, proceedings for the offence may only be commenced where—

(a) the ground, or one of the grounds, on which the notice is withdrawn is that it contains incorrect information; and
(b) the incorrect information was supplied by the person to whom, or on whom, the notice was given or served.

Part 3
Recovery of Fixed Penalty

7. Recovery of fixed penalty

(1) This section applies if a person on whom a demand notice has been served—