The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) Regulations 2024

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1. Introductory Text

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   PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Title, coming into force and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Meaning of single-use vape

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   PART 2 Offences

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

   2. 5. Offence: obstruction of enforcement officers and failure to comply with their requests

   3. 6. Defence of due diligence

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   PART 3 Enforcement, investigatory powers and civil sanctions

   1. 7. Enforcement

   2. 8. Civil sanctions

   3. 9. Powers of entry

   4. 10. Power of entry, investigation and examination etc.

   5. 11. Compensation for damage caused by exercise of powers of entry, investigation and examination etc.

   6. 12. Disposal of single-use vapes

   7. 13. Publication of information about enforcement action

   8. 14. Guidance

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   PART 4 Supplementary

   1. 15. Review

6. Signature

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      SCHEDULE

      Civil Sanctions

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         PART 1 Fixed monetary penalties, variable monetary penalties and compliance notices

         1. 1. Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty, a variable monetary penalty or a 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: variable monetary penalty

         7. 7. Contents of final notice: compliance notice

         8. 8. Appeals against a final notice

         9. 9. Criminal proceedings: fixed monetary penalties

         10. 10. Criminal proceedings: variable monetary penalties and compliance notices

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         PART 2 Stop notices

         1. 11. Stop notices

         2. 12. Contents of a stop notice

         3. 13. Appeals against stop notices

         4. 14. Completion certificates

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

         6. 16. Compensation

         7. 17. Appeal against compensation decision

         8. 18. Offence

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         PART 3 Enforcement undertakings

         1. 19. Enforcement undertakings

         2. 20. Contents of an enforcement undertaking

         3. 21. Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking

         4. 22. Discharge of an enforcement undertaking

         5. 23. Appeals against a decision not to issue a discharge certificate

         6. 24. Inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information

         7. 25. Non-compliance with enforcement undertaking

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         PART 4 Non-compliance penalties

         1. 26. Non-compliance penalties

         2. 27. Appeals against non-compliance penalties

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         PART 5 Administration and appeals

         1. 28. Withdrawing or amending a notice

         2. 29. Enforcement cost recovery notices

         3. 30. Appeals against enforcement cost recovery notices

         4. 31. Power to recover payments

         5. 32. Appeals: general provisions

8. Explanatory Note