2012 No. 1151
The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, as the appropriate person in relation to England for the purposes of exercising the powers conferred by section 47ZB(4) and (5) of the Environmental Protection Act 19901, makes the following Regulations in exercise of those powers:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations—
a
may be cited as the Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, and
b
come into force on 30th May 2012.
Amendment2
1
The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 20072 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (prescribed ranges of fixed penalties)—
a
in paragraph (2)(a), after “Environmental Protection Act 1990” insert “in respect of an offence under section 47 of that Act”,
b
after paragraph (2) insert—
2A
The amount of a fixed penalty capable of being specified by a waste collection authority under section 47ZB(2)(a) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in respect of an offence under section 46 of that Act is not less than £60 and not more than £80.
3
In regulation 3 (lesser amounts of fixed penalties)—
a
in paragraph (2)(a), after “Environmental Protection Act 1990” insert “in respect of an offence under section 47 of that Act”,
b
after paragraph (2) insert—
2A
Where a waste collection authority acting under section 47ZB(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 in respect of an offence under section 46 of that Act 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 £40.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)