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

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

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

(2) In section 23 (offences connected with control of air pollution)(1), in subsection (2)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

(3) In section 33 (prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal, etc, of waste)(2)—

(a) in subsection (8)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;

(b) in subsection (9), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(4) In section 78M (offences of not complying with a remediation notice)(3), in subsection (4), for the words from “a fine” to “substitute” substitute “a fine”.

(5) In section 80 (summary proceedings for statutory nuisances), in subsection (6), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

(6) In section 118 (offences connected with control of genetically modified organisms)—

(a) in subsection (3)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”;

(b) in subsection (4)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 22 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Section 23(2)(a) was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), Schedule 22, paragraph 59(3).

(2)

Section 33(8) and (9) were amended by the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations (S.I. 2006/937), regulation 2.

(3)

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