The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1050

Environmental Protection, England

The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017

Made

30th October 2017

Laid before Parliament

1st November 2017

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers—

(a)

in sections 2A(11) and 2C(2)(d) and (3) of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 11(1) of that Act)(1),

(b)

in sections 5B(12) and 5C(3)(b) and (4) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 9(1) of that Act)(2),

(c)

in sections 34A(12), 47ZB(4) and (5) and 73A(2)(b), (3) and (8) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 29(1A)(a) of that Act)(3),

(d)

in sections 88(11) and 97A(1) to (3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 98(1A)(a) of that Act)(4),

(e)

in sections 8A(4) and (5) and 9(4A)(b) and (4B) of the Noise Act 1996 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 11(2A)(a) of that Act)(5),

(f)

in sections 43A(4) to (6) and 47(4) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 47(1) of that Act)(6),

(g)

in sections 6(11) and 8(2)(d) and (3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 9(2) of that Act)(7), and

(h)

in sections 74(4) and (5) and 75(2)(d) and (3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (and for those sections, the Secretary of State is, for England, the appropriate person as defined in section 81(1) of that Act).

(1)

1978 c.3. Sections 2A and 2C were inserted by section 10 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c.16) (“the CNEA 2005”). The definition of “appropriate person” was inserted by section 14(3) of that Act.

(2)

1989 c.14. Sections 5B and 5C were inserted by section 38 of the CNEA 2005. The definition of “appropriate person” was inserted by section 39(2) of that Act.

(3)

1990 c.43. Sections 34A, 47ZB and 73A were inserted by sections 45, 48 and 52 of the CNEA 2005 respectively. Section 73A(2) was amended by S.I. 2016/334. The definition of “appropriate person” was inserted by section 51 of that Act.

(4)

Sections 88(11) and 97A were inserted by sections 19(6) and 24 of the CNEA 2005 respectively. The definition of “appropriate person” was inserted by section 26 of that Act.

(5)

1996 c.37. Section 8A was inserted by section 82(2) of the CNEA 2005, and amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the CNEA 2005. Section 9(4A) and (4B) was substituted by section 42(5) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38) and was amended by section 83(2) of the CNEA 2005. Section 9(4A)(b) was amended by paragraph 12(4) of Schedule 1 to the CNEA 2005. The definition of “appropriate person” in section 11(2A)(a) was inserted by section 85(2) of the CNEA 2005.

(6)

2003 c.38. Sections 43A and 47(4) were inserted by sections 28(2) and 30(2) of the CNEA 2005.

(7)

2005 c.16.