Part 3: Unmanned aircraft Schedule 10: Fixed penalties for certain offences relating to unmanned aircraft Registration of fixed penalty: document sent to designated officer in England and Wales
Paragraph 9 relates to the registration of the fixed penalty document received by a designated officer in England and Wales.
	Paragraph 9(1) and (2) is self-explanatory.
	Paragraph 9(3) to (6) provides that when a registration document is received by the designated officer, and the person to whom it relates resides in that area, the officer must register the penalty as a fine in the register of a magistrates’ court for that area. If the person to whom it relates does not reside in that area, it will be sent to the appropriate person in the jurisdiction in which that person appears to reside.
	Paragraph 9(7) to (11) provides that if a registration document is not dealt with under paragraph 9(3) to (6), the designated officer who receives a registration document in relation to an offence committed in that area must register the penalty in the register of a magistrates’ court for that area. If the offence was committed elsewhere in England and Wales, or in Scotland or Northern Ireland, the designated officer must send it to the appropriate person in that jurisdiction. The title of that person varies between Scotland, England and Wales, and Northern Ireland.
	Paragraph 9(12) to (15) provides that, once a fixed penalty is registered as a fine, the recipient of the FPN must be given notice of the registration against them, and sets out the information the notice must contain. It further provides that once the penalty is registered as a fine, it will have effect as a fine imposed by the magistrates’ court. The date of registration will be considered as the date of conviction. Section 85 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (power to remit a fine in whole or in part) applies to a sum registered in a magistrates’ court by virtue of this paragraph.