The Act Commentary on Sections General Section 24 Fixed penalty notices: common provision
101.Section 24 introduces a new section 97A into the 1990 Act, applying general provisions relating to the fixed penalty notices associated with the offence of dropping litter, litter clearing notices, street litter control notices and the distribution of printed matter. It enables the appropriate person (the Secretary of State in relation to England and the National Assembly for Wales in relation to Wales) to make regulations which may set a range within which a locally determined fixed penalty amount must fall. Such regulations may also restrict the extent to which and the circumstances in which an authority may permit the payment of lesser amounts. The section also enables the appropriate person, by order, to change the amount of the fixed penalty where no local rate is set by the relevant authority.