The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43) E+W

6.—(1) The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 59 (powers to require removal of waste unlawfully deposited), in subsection (5), for “one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

(3) In section 78M (offences of not complying with a remediation notice)(1), in subsection (3), for “one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

(4) In section 80 (summary proceedings for statutory nuisances), in subsection (5), for “one-tenth of that level” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

(5) In section 82 (summary proceedings by persons aggrieved by statutory nuisances), in subsection (8), for “one-tenth of that level” substitute “one-tenth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

(6) In section 118 (offences), in subsection (9), for “one-fifth of level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “one-fifth of the greater of £5,000 or level 4 on the standard scale”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 78M was inserted by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), section 57.