The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024 No. 1216

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, extent and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of single-use vape

3. PART 2 Offences

   1. 4. Offence: supply of single-use vapes

   2. 5. Offence: failure to comply with an enforcement requirement

   3. 6. Offences by bodies corporate

   4. 7. Defence of due diligence

4. PART 3 Enforcement and civil sanctions

   1. 8. Enforcement

   2. 9. Civil sanctions

   3. 10. Powers of entry and examination etc.

   4. 11. Disposal of single-use vapes

   5. 12. Publication of information about enforcement action

5. PART 4 Supplementary

   1. 13. Guidance

   2. 14. Review

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE

      Civil Sanctions

      1. PART 1 Fixed Monetary Penalties and Compliance Notices

         1. 1. Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty or compliance notice

         2. 2. Notice of intent

         3. 3. Third party undertakings

         4. 4. Final notice

         5. 5. Contents of final notice: fixed monetary penalty

         6. 6. Contents of final notice: compliance notice

         7. 7. Appeals against final notice

         8. 8. Criminal proceedings

      2. PART 2 Stop Notices

         1. 9. Stop notices

         2. 10. Contents of a stop notice

         3. 11. Appeals against stop notices

         4. 12. Completion certificates

         5. 13. Appeals against decision not to issue a completion certificate

         6. 14. Compensation

         7. 15. Appeal against compensation decision

         8. 16. Offence

      3. PART 3 Enforcement Undertakings

         1. 17. Enforcement undertakings

         2. 18. Contents of an enforcement undertaking

         3. 19. Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking

         4. 20. Discharge of an enforcement undertaking

         5. 21. Inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information

         6. 22. Appeals against a decision not to issue a certificate

         7. 23. Non-compliance with enforcement undertaking

      4. PART 4 Non-compliance penalties

         1. 24. Non-compliance penalties

         2. 25. Appeals against non-compliance penalties

      5. PART 5 Administration and Appeals

         1. 26. Withdrawing or amending a notice

         2. 27. Enforcement cost recovery notices

         3. 28. Appeals against enforcement cost recovery notices

         4. 29. Power to recover payments

         5. 30. Appeals: general provisions

8. Explanatory Note