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SCHEDULE 2Amendment of the Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017

6.  In the Schedule (Civil Sanctions)—

(a)in the heading of Part 1, for “Variable” substitute “Fixed”;

(b)in paragraph 1—

(i)in the heading, for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(ii)for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute—

(a)a requirement to pay to the regulator a penalty of £200 (a “fixed monetary penalty”);

(iii)omit sub-paragraphs (4) and (5);

(c)in paragraph 2—

(i)for “variable” in each place that it occurs substitute “fixed”;

(ii)after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) A notice of intent to serve a fixed monetary penalty must also offer the person on whom the notice is served the opportunity to discharge their liability for the penalty by paying the sum of £100 to the regulator within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is received.

(2B) A person’s liability to a fixed monetary penalty is discharged if the person pays the sum of £100 to the regulator within the time specified in sub-paragraph (2A).;

(iii)after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to a notice of intent to serve a fixed monetary penalty if the person makes a payment in accordance with sub-paragraph (2B).;

(d)in paragraph 4—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (4), omit paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it;

(e)in paragraph 5, in the heading and in the words preceding paragraph (a), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(f)in paragraph 7(2), omit paragraph (c);

(g)in paragraph 8, for “variable” in each place that it occurs substitute “fixed”;

(h)in paragraph 19(b), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(i)in paragraph 23(1)(a), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(j)in paragraph 24(1), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(k)in paragraph 26(a)—

(i)for “variable” substitute “fixed”; and

(ii)for “the notice” substitute “a notice imposing a non-compliance penalty”;

(l)in paragraph 27(2), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;

(m)in paragraph 29, for “variable” substitute “fixed”.