Part 3: Unmanned aircraft Schedule 10: Fixed penalties for certain offences relating to unmanned aircraft Amount of fixed penalty
Paragraph 5 gives the Secretary of State the power to prescribe in regulations the amount of the fixed penalty. The amount prescribed may vary between the offences, and may be adjusted by future amendment to the regulations. This power will be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure in Parliament the first time it is used and thereafter the negative resolution procedure, as is set out in section 19 on Regulations.
	Paragraph 5(2) provides that the amount that may be prescribed is limited. This means that a fixed penalty amount will never exceed half of the maximum fine that would have been payable if the person was convicted for that offence. Provision has also been made in paragraph 5(2)(b) for the possibility of a future offence attracting an unlimited fine (level 5 on the standard scale for summary offences). As it is not possible for an unlimited amount to be halved, in this scenario an FPN would be set at the amount corresponding to level 4 on the standard scale.