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3.—(1) Where—
(a)a litter authority in England acting under section 88(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(1);
(b)a principal litter authority in England acting under paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 3A to the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
(c)a local authority in England acting under section 43A(3) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003;
(d)a primary authority or a secondary authority in England acting under section 60(3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005;
(e)a local authority in England acting under section 74(3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005,
makes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £50.
(2) Where—
(a)a waste collection authority in England acting under section 47ZB(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
(b)a principal litter authority in England acting under section 94A(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
(c)a local authority in England acting under section 8A(3) of the Noise Act 1996;
(d)a local authority acting under section 6(10) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005,
makes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £60.
(3) Where a local authority acting under section 2A(10) of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978(2) makes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £120.
(4) Where—
(a)a regulation authority acting under section 5B(11) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989(3);
(b)an enforcement authority acting under section 34A(11) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(4),
makes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £180.
(5) An authority acting under more than one of the sub-paragraphs in paragraph (1), paragraph (2) or paragraph (4) may specify a different lesser amount under each such sub-paragraph.
1990 c. 43; section 88(7) was inserted by section 19(2) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.
1978 c. 3; section 2A was inserted by section 10 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16).
1989 c. 14; section 5B was inserted by section 38 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.
1990 c. 43; section 34A was inserted by section 45 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.
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