(5) The Regulator may withdraw an enforcement notice at any time by giving notice of the withdrawal to the person to whom the enforcement notice is given. 

## Penalty notices 

53. —(1) Where a Regulator considers that a person is liable to a civil penalty under any of articles 55 to 63 the Regulator may impose a civil penalty on the person. 

(2) A civil penalty is imposed on a person by giving a notice (a “penalty notice”) to the person. 

(3) Where the civil penalty to which the person is liable consists of a non-escalating penalty only, or where the civil penalty consists of both a non-escalating penalty and a daily penalty but the Regulator decides not to impose a daily penalty, the penalty notice must set out— 

(a) the grounds for liability, 

(b) the amount of the non-escalating penalty and, where relevant, how the amount is calculated, 

(c) the date by which the non-escalating penalty must be paid, which must not be less than 28 days after the day on which the notice is given, 

(d) the person to whom payment must be made, which must be either the Regulator or the appropriate national authority, 

(e) how payment may be made, and 

(f) information about rights of appeal. 

(4) Where the civil penalty to which the person is liable consists of both a non-escalating penalty and a daily penalty and the Regulator considers that it may wish to impose a daily penalty, the Regulator must, before giving a penalty notice to the person, first give a notice (an “initial notice”) to the person. 

(5) The initial notice must set out— 

(a) the grounds for liability, 

(b) the maximum amount of the non-escalating penalty that may be imposed, 

(c) that the daily penalty that may be imposed begins to accrue on the day on which the initial notice is given, and 

(d) the maximum daily rate of the daily penalty and the maximum amount of the daily penalty that may be imposed. 

(6) Where, after an initial notice is given to a person, the Regulator considers that the total amount of the daily penalty to which the person is liable can be calculated, including where the daily penalty reaches its maximum amount, the Regulator may give a penalty notice to the person. 

(7) The penalty notice must set out— 

(a) the grounds for liability, 

(b) the amount of the civil penalty, including how the amount is calculated, which may include— 

(i) a non-escalating penalty, and 

(ii) a daily penalty, 

(c) the date by which the civil penalty must be paid, which must not be less than 28 days after the day on which the notice is given, 

(d) the person to whom payment must be made, which must be either the Regulator or the appropriate national authority, 

(e) how payment may be made, and 

(f) information about rights of appeal. 

(8) The person to whom a penalty notice is given must pay the civil penalty set out in the notice to the person set out in the notice on or before the date specified in the notice. 

(9) A civil penalty imposed by a penalty notice is recoverable by the Regulator as a civil debt. 

