Section 58 | Financial penalties

(1)If the Adjudicator chooses to enforce through imposing financial penalties, that means imposing a penalty on the pub-owning business of an amount not exceeding the permitted maximum (see subsection (6)).

(2)The financial penalty is imposed by giving the pub-owning business written notice specifying—

(a)the grounds for imposing the penalty,

(b)the amount of the penalty,

(c)the period within which it must be paid, and

(d)how it must be paid.

(3)The pub-owning business may appeal to the High Court against—

(a)the imposition of a financial penalty, or

(b)its amount.

(4)Financial penalties under this section are recoverable by the Adjudicator as a debt.

(5)Financial penalties received by the Adjudicator must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(6)The Secretary of State must make regulations—

(a)specifying the permitted maximum, or

(b)specifying how the permitted maximum is to be determined.