The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015

Water Resources Act 1991 (c.57) E+W

24.—(1) The Water Resources Act 1991 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 24 (restrictions on abstraction)(1), in subsection (5), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(3) In section 25 (restrictions on impounding)(2), in subsection (3), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(4) In section 25C (consequences of not complying with an enforcement notice)(3), in subsection (2), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(5) In section 161D (consequences of not complying with a works notice)(4), in subsection (2)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

(6) In section 211 (enforcement of byelaws)(5), in subsection (3)(b), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 24 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 24(5)(a) was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 60.

(2)

Section 25(3)(a) was amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 60.

(3)

Section 25C was inserted by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 30.

(4)

Section 161D was inserted by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), Schedule 22, paragraph 162.

(5)

Section 211(3)(b) was inserted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23), section 226.