1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Littering From Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2018.
2. In these Regulations—
“the EPA 1990” means the Environmental Protection Act 1990;
“the RUCS Regulations 2013” means the Road User Charging Schemes (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013(1);
“adjudicator” means a person who holds office as an adjudicator for the purposes of these Regulations in accordance with regulation 18(1);
“fixed penalty” is to be read in accordance with regulation 6(1) to (3);
“fixed penalty payment period” is to be read in accordance with regulation 6(4) and (5);
“penalty notice” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2).
3. In these Regulations, a “litter authority” means—
(a)a district council in England;
(b)a county council in England for an area for which there is no district council;
(c)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
S.I. 2013/1783, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.