Enforcement of National Park byelaws 9 Power to make regulations for the issuing of fixed penalty notices (1) The National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 is modified as follows. 25 (2) After section 26, insert— “Enforcement of National Park byelaws 26A Fixed penalty notices for National Park byelaw offences (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the issuing of fixed penalty notices for offences against National Park 30 byelaws made under paragraph 8 of schedule 2 and specified under subsection (2)(a). (2) Regulations under this section must specify— (a) the byelaws in relation to which fixed penalty notices may be issued, and 35 (b) the persons who may issue fixed penalty notices. (3) The persons who may be specified for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) are— (a) the persons, or categories of persons, that a National Park authority has authorised in writing for the purpose of issuing fixed penalty notices, and 12 Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill Part 3—National parks 1 (b) such other persons, or categories of persons, as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (4) A fixed penalty notice provided for in regulations under this section must state— 5 (a) the byelaw to which it relates, (b) particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence, (c) the date on which the fixed penalty notice is issued, (d) the amount of the fixed penalty, (e) the person to whom payment may be made and the person's address, 10 (f) the payment period, 1 (g) the method by which payment may be made, (h) the effect of paying the fixed penalty within the payment period and the consequences of not paying the fixed penalty within that period, (i) details of any procedure for challenging or appealing the fixed penalty 15 notice. (5) Regulations under this section may, in particular, include provision— (a) specifying the form and content of a fixed penalty notice, (b) specifying how a person or category of persons may be authorised to issue fixed penalty notices, 20 (ba) conferring powers to enter land (other than dwelling-houses) for or in connection with the issuing of a fixed penalty notice, (c) about the circumstances in which fixed penalty notices may or may not be issued (including any test which must be satisfied before a person authorised to issue such notices may do so), 25 (d) about the withdrawal of fixed penalty notices including when it is permissible, the effects of such withdrawal and the procedure by which the withdrawal is effected, (e) specifying the amount of the fixed penalty which is to apply to an offence (including different amounts for different purposes), being not more than 30 level 2 on the standard scale, (f) specifying the person to whom payment may be made (who need not be the person who issued the fixed penalty notice), (g) specifying the payment period, (h) about the circumstances in which a person to whom a fixed penalty 35 notice is issued may decline the notice or otherwise object to or challenge it (including the period within which the person may do so and the procedure for doing so), (i) about the effects of failing to decline or otherwise object to or challenge a fixed penalty notice before the end of the period specified for doing 40 so (including that such failure is deemed to be acceptance of the notice), (j) conferring on the person who issued the fixed penalty notice or the person to whom payment may be made the power to extend the payment 13 Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill Part 3—National parks period in any particular case if the person considers it appropriate to do so, (k) about the methods by which fixed penalties may be paid, (l...