[302A Compensation offer by procurator fiscal]

[302A  Compensation offer by procurator fiscal]

[(1)     Where a procurator fiscal receives a report that a relevant offence has been committed he may send to the alleged offender a notice under this section (referred to in this section as a compensation offer); and where he issues a compensation offer the procurator fiscal shall notify the clerk of court specified in it of the issue of the offer and of its terms.

(2)     A compensation offer—

(a)     shall give such particulars of the circumstances alleged to constitute the offence to which it relates as are necessary for giving reasonable information about the alleged offence;

(b)     shall state—

(i)     the amount of compensation payable;

(ii)     if the compensation is to be payable by instalments, the amount of the instalments and the intervals at which they should be paid;

(c)     shall indicate that if, within 28 days of the date on which the offer was issued, or such longer period as may be specified in the offer, the alleged offender accepts the offer by making payment in respect of the offer to the clerk of court specified in the offer at the address therein mentioned, any liability to conviction of the offence shall

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