The Act Part 3: Administrative Sanctions Section 49: Power to make supplementary etc. provision
57.This section gives the Scottish Ministers power to make supplementary, incidental or consequential provision for the administrative sanctions regime, by regulations. This covers both fixed penalty and compliance notices as well as how enforcement authorities carry out their functions under Part 3 of the Act. This is a general power, but the section gives particular reference to regulations for facilitating, prohibiting or restricting the use of sanctions where another sanction has already been imposed or issued for the same act or omission. These sanctions could be fixed penalty notices, compliance notices or another sanction.
58.The section also refers to regulations providing for early payment discounts in relation to fixed penalty notices. The section also provides for regulations being made to modify certain provisions of the 1990 Act. These include modifying provisions on offences and defences, on powers of entry and powers to issue codes of practice. This section in particular also provides for the effect of fixed penalty notices and compliance notices on criminal proceedings.