Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)E+W
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22.—(1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 23 (offences connected with control of air pollution)(), in subsection (2)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.
(3) In section 33 (prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal, etc, of waste)()—
(a)in subsection (8)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;
(b)in subsection (9), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.
(4) In section 78M (offences of not complying with a remediation notice)(), in subsection (4), for the words from “a fine” to “substitute” substitute “a fine”.
(5) In section 80 (summary proceedings for statutory nuisances), in subsection (6), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.
(6) In section 118 (offences connected with control of genetically modified organisms)—
(a)in subsection (3)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”;
(b)in subsection (4)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.