Two copies of the proposed settlement are sent to the offender by any means that can be used to establish a date certain, within four months for minor offences and one year for major offences, from the date on which the official report establishing the offence was closed.
If the offender accepts it, he or she must return a signed copy within one month of receiving it. If the offender has not returned a signed copy within the aforementioned period, the proposed settlement is deemed to have been rejected.