The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2006

Condition to be satisfied by a person before he may issue certain fixed penalty notices

6.—(1) No person shall be an authorised officer of a parish council, or in relation to the provision listed in sub-paragraph (c) of another person or body designated under section 58(3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 as a secondary authority in England for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 6 of that Act, for the purpose of giving notices under—

(a) section 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;

(b) section 43(1) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003;

(c) section 59 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005,

unless he has successfully completed an approved course of training provided by a recognised training provider.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) an approved course of training is one approved by the Secretary of State as being suitable for equipping a person who successfully completes it for the purpose of issuing notices under one or more of the provisions listed in paragraph (1).

(b) a recognised training provider is one recognised by the Secretary of State as providing an approved course of training.

(3) The Secretary of State shall publish a list of—

(a) the courses approved, and

(b) the training providers recognised,

by her in accordance with paragraph (2).