PART 3ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

CHAPTER 2SEPA'S POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT

Operation of penalties and cost recovery

I129Monetary penalties

1

An order under this Chapter which confers power on SEPA to require a person to pay a fixed monetary penalty, a variable monetary penalty or a non-compliance penalty may include provision for—

a

early payment discounts,

b

the payment of interest or other financial penalties for late payment of the penalty (such interest or other financial penalties not in total to exceed the amount of the penalty),

c

enforcement of the penalty.

2

Where such provision is included, it may also provide for—

a

SEPA to recover the penalty, and any interest or other financial penalty for late payment, as a civil debt,

b

the penalty, and any interest or other financial penalty for late payment, to be recoverable as if it were payable under an extract registered decree arbitral bearing a warrant for execution issued by a sheriff of any sheriffdom.