Explanatory Notes

Environment (Wales) Act 2016

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21 March 2016

Commentary on Sections

Schedule 1 – Charges for Carrier Bags: Civil Sanctions

Civil Sanctions

329.Paragraph 1 provides that the carrier bag regulations may make provision that a person who breaches the regulations may be liable to civil sanctions. Sub-paragraph (3) provides that civil sanctions may take the form of fixed monetary penalties (defined in paragraph 2(3)) and discretionary requirements (defined in paragraph 4(3)).