F1PART IXOFFENCES
Offences and penalties40.
F2(1)
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F2(2)
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F2(3)
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(4)
A person who contravenes a requirement of regulation 23 or who is in breach of either of the conditions specified in paragraph 1(a) or 1(d) of Schedule 5 is guilty of an offence.
(5)
A person who furnishes any information to the appropriate Agency in connection with its functions under these Regulations F3... shall be guilty of an offence if, in furnishing the information, he—
(a)
knows the information to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)
furnishes such information recklessly and it is false or misleading in a material particular.
(6)
A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed in a notice under regulation 31(3) shall be guilty of an offence.
(7)
A person who intentionally delays or obstructs a person authorised by the appropriate Agency in the exercise of powers referred to in regulation 35 is guilty of an offence.
F4(8)
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(9)
A person guilty of an offence under any of paragraphs (1) to F5(7) above shall be liable—
(a)
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(10)
Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a Scottish partnership and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or have been attributable to neglect on the part of, any partner or a person who was purporting to act as such, that person as well as the partnership shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Civil sanctions40A.
(1)
The Environment Agency may impose a fixed monetary penalty or variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010.
Offence under these Regulations | Fixed monetary penalty | Variable monetary penalty | Enforcement undertaking |
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F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . |
F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . |
F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . |
F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . |
regulation 40(7) | No | Yes | No |
F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . |
F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . | F6. . . |
(2)
The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.
(3)
The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of those Regulations.
(4)
This regulation applies only in England.
F7Civil sanctions, Wales40B.
(1)
F8The Natural Resources Body for Wales may impose a fixed monetary penalty or variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (Wales) Order 2010.
Offence under these Regulations | Fixed monetary penalty | Variable monetary penalty | Enforcement undertaking |
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F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . |
F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . |
F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . |
F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . |
regulation 40(7) | No | Yes | No |
F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . |
F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . | F9. . . |
(2)
The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.
(3)
The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of these Regulations.
(4)
This regulation applies only in Wales.