Litter (Fixed Penalty Procedure) Regulations

LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Litter (CAP. 250 1 CHAPTER 250 THE LITTER (FIXED PENALTY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS Arrangement of Regulations Regulation 1. Short title. 2. Form of Notice of opportunity to pay fixed penalty. 3. Copy of Notice to be forwarded to Clerk of the Magistrate. 4. Contents of a Notice. 5. Manner of paying fixed penalty. 6. Return of irregular payment. 7. Attendance in the Magistrate’s Court. 8. When clerk of Magistrate not to accept penalty. 9. Acknowledgement of receipt of fixed penalty. SCHDEULE. S.I. 41/1984. S.I. 16/1985. THE LITTER ACT THE LITTER (FIXED PENALTY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS, MADE UNDER SEC TION 18 (11) OF THE LITTER ACT. 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Litter (Fixed Short title. Penalty Procedure) Regulations. LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 2 CAP. 250) Litter Form of Notice 2. A notice under section 18 of the Litter Act offer of opportunity to ing the opportunity of the discharge of any liability pay fixed to conviction of an offence to which that section penalty. applies by payment of a fixed penalty (in these Reg lations referred to as a “Notice”) shall be in the form set out in the Schedule or a form to the like effect shall be completed in triplicate by the litter prevention warden at the time he gives the Notice. Copy of Notice 3. A copy of a Notice given under section 18 shall, to be forwarded as soon as practicable be forwarded by or on behalf of the to Clerk of the litter prevention warden giving the Notice to the Clerk of the Magistrate. Magistrate to whom the fixed penalty is payable. The remain ing copy shall be retained in the Notice Book from which the notice was issued. Contents of a 4. A Notice shall provide that any payment of a fixed Notice. Penalty shall be made to the Clerk of the Magistrate for the magisterial district in which the offence specified by the Notice is alleged to have been committed. Manner of 5. (1) The person paying a fixed penalty shall either paying fixed forwarded with the remittance of or tender of the penalty, Part 2 penalty. of the relevant notice or identify the notice by specifying its serial number. (2) If , owning to the failure of the person paying a fixed penalty to comply with the provisions of paragraph (1), the Clerk of the Magistrate is unable to identify the relevant notice, the Clerk of the Magistrate shall, as soon as practicable, return the remittance to that person and he shall do so in every case where (a) payment is remitted otherwise than by cash, certified cheque, bankers draft; or money order or (b) the amount is not the exact amount of the fixed penalty. (3) Where any payment is made in accordance with these Regulations, it shall be of the amount specified in the notice or where payment is made in respect of more than one notice of the total of the amounts specified in the notices. LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Litter CAP. 250 3