The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions

18.—(1) The Administrator may give a publicity notice to a seller on whom a civil sanction has been imposed.

(2) The following information shall be included in a publicity notice—

(a) the type of civil sanction imposed;

(b) the grounds on which the civil sanction was imposed;

(c) if the civil sanction was a fixed or variable monetary penalty, the amount of that penalty;

(d) if the civil sanction was a non-monetary discretionary requirement, the nature of that requirement.

(3) A publicity notice shall—

(a) specify the manner of publication required;

(b) specify the time within which publication is required;

(c) require the seller to provide evidence to the Administrator of compliance with the publicity notice within a time specified in that notice.

(4) If a seller fails to comply with a publicity notice within the time specified under paragraph (3)(b), the Administrator may—

(a) publicise the information required to be publicised; and

(b) recover the costs of publication from the seller.

(5) Where information is publicised under paragraph (4)(a) it shall be done in a way likely to attract the attention of the public.