Legislation – Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
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PART 3PROSECUTORIAL FINES
Prosecutorial fine
Prosecutorial fine notice18
(1)
Where a person has accepted the offer under section 17(1) or (2), the Public Prosecutor must issue a prosecutorial fine notice to that person.
(2)
Where a person has accepted an offer under section 17(1), a “prosecutorial fine notice” is a notice which—
(a)
states the alleged offence;
(b)
gives such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence as are necessary to provide reasonable information about it;
(c)
states the amount of the prosecutorial fine for the offence and each of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 19(1) or (in the case of an offence falling within section 19(2)) each of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 19(2);
(d)
requires payment of the prosecutorial fine within the period allowed for payment (see subsection (4)); and
(e)
states the fines clerk to whom, and the address at which, the prosecutorial fine may be paid.
(3)
Where a person has accepted an offer under section 17(2), a “prosecutorial fine notice” is a notice which—
(a)
states the alleged offences;
(b)
gives such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offences as are necessary to provide reasonable information about them;
(c)
states the amount of the prosecutorial fine for all the offences and each of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 19(3) or (in a case where section 19(4) applies) each of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 19(4);
(d)
requires payment of the prosecutorial fine within the period allowed for payment (see subsection (4)); and
(e)
states the fines clerk to whom, and the address at which, the prosecutorial fine may be paid.
(4)
The period allowed for payment of a prosecutorial fine is the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the prosecutorial fine notice relating to that fine was issued.
(5)
A Public Prosecutor who issues a prosecutorial fine notice must send a copy of that notice to the fines clerk mentioned in the notice under subsection (2)(e) or (3)(e).