Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 12)

Part 5 S Other climate change provisions

Chapter 5 S Waste reduction and recycling

[F1 Carrier bag offences: fixed penalty notices S

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 88A and cross-heading inserted (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), ss. 43(2), 61(2); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2), Sch.

88A Offences relating to supply of carrier bags: fixed penalty notices S

(1) A person authorised for the purpose of this section by an enforcement authority may give a person a fixed penalty notice if the person so authorised has reason to believe that the person to whom the notice is given has committed a relevant offence.

(2) In subsection (1), “relevant offence” means an offence provided for in regulations made under section 88.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about fixed penalty notices under subsection (1).

(4) Subject to section 89, the regulations may in particular include provision about—

(a) the enforcement authority in relation to the regulations; and

(b) the functions of that authority in relation to fixed penalty notices.

(5) Schedule 1A makes further provision about fixed penalties.]