The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 No. 1154

[F1 SCHEDULE 26A E+W Variable monetary penalties (England)

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 26A inserted (E.) (1.12.2023) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1046), reg. 1(1), Sch.

PART 1 E+W Variable monetary penalties: procedure

Procedure for imposition of a variable monetary penalty E+W

5.— (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), after the end of the period for making representations and objections, the Agency must decide whether to impose the variable monetary penalty, with or without modifications.

(2) The Agency may not impose a variable monetary penalty on a person where it is satisfied that the person would not, by reason of any defence, be liable to be convicted of the offence to which the notice relates.

(3) Where the Agency decides to impose a variable monetary penalty, it must send to the person a notice imposing the variable monetary penalty (a “final notice”) including the information specified in paragraph 6.]