Part 3: Enforcement of consumer protection law Chapter 6: Investigatory Powers Schedule 17: Investigatory powers Penalties imposed under paragraphs 16A and 16C: further provision
Paragraph 16G makes further provisions for penalties imposed by the court under paragraph 16A and those imposed by the CMA under paragraph 16C. It provides for interest at the statutory rate (as specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838) to be incurred on the unpaid balance of a penalty if a penalty imposed by the court or the CMA is not paid by its deadline (paragraph 16G, subparagraph (1)).
	Where a person applies to change the date or dates by which the penalty, or different portions of it, are to be paid, the payment(s) cannot be required from the person before the application is dealt with (paragraph 16G, subparagraph (2)).
	Paragraph 16G, subparagraph (3) enables enforcers to require immediate payment of outstanding penalties.
	If upon the appeal of the final enforcement notice, the penalty imposed by the CMA is varied by the court, then the court can decide the date from when interest on the substituted penalty can begin to be charged (paragraph 16G, subparagraph (4)).
	Paragraph 16G, subparagraph (5) deals with the payment of monetary penalties by entities that are not a body corporate, for example partnerships or unincorporated associations. Such penalties are to be paid out of the assets or funds of the entity.
	Money received from the courts’ or the CMA’s exercise of the power to impose monetary penalties will be paid into the relevant Consolidated Fund (paragraph 16G, subparagraph (6)).