http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/schedule/1/paragraph/1/2023-10-17Environment (Wales) Act 2016An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to promote sustainable management of natural resources; to provide for targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; to reform the law on charges for carrier bags; to provide for the separate collection of waste, prohibit disposal of food waste to sewers and provide for prohibiting or regulating disposal of waste by incineration; to make provision about several and regulated fisheries for shellfish; to make provision about fees for marine licences; to establish the Flood and Coastal Erosion Committee; and to make minor changes to the law about land drainage and byelaws made by the Natural Resources Body for Wales.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-13Expert Participation2023-10-17 SCHEDULE 1CHARGES FOR CARRIER BAGS: CIVIL SANCTIONS<Emphasis>Civil sanctions</Emphasis>11Carrier bag regulations may make provision about civil sanctions for breaches of the regulations.2For the purposes of this Schedule, a person breaches carrier bag regulations if, in such circumstances as may be specified, the person—afails to comply with a requirement made by or under the regulations, orbobstructs or fails to assist an administrator.3In this Schedule, “civil sanction” means—aa fixed monetary penalty, orba discretionary requirement.
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