text: regulation 19(7). 
  
  (8) In any proceedings, a certificate that— 
  
  (a) purports to be signed by or on behalf of the designated officer; and 
  (b) states that the payment of a fixed penalty was, or was not, received by the date specified 
  in the certificate, 
  
  is evidence of the facts stated. 
  
  (9) For the purposes of this regulation— 
  
  (a) other than in relation to an operator offence, “authorised person” means— 
  
  (i) a constable, 
  (ii) an immigration officer, but only in relation to the issue of a fixed penalty notice in 
  respect of an information offence or an offence described in regulation 19(1)(a), (b), 
  (c), (g), (h), (i), (j), (5) and (6), or 
  
  (iii) a person designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation; 
  
  (b) in relation to an operator offence, “authorised person” means— 
  
  (i) in relation to passengers arriving by sea, the Secretary of State for Transport, 
  (ii) in relation to passengers arriving by air, the Civil Aviation Authority, 
  (iii) in relation to passenger arriving by rail, the Office of Rail and Road; 
  
  (c) “the designated officer” means— 
  
  (i) in relation to an offence other than an operator offence, an officer designated by the 
  
  Secretary of State for the purposes of this regulation, 
  (ii) in relation to an operator offence, the authorised person; 
  
  (d) “operator offence” means an offence— 
  
  (i) under regulation 19(7), 
  (ii) under regulation 19(13), or 
  (iii) under regulation 19(14) (obstruction) in relation to a function relating to an offence 
  
  under regulation 19(7). 