SCHEDULE 9Charges for single use items
Civil sanctions
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(1)
The regulations may make provision for, about or connected with the imposition of civil sanctions in respect of failures to comply with the regulations, or the obstruction of or failure to assist a person on whom functions are conferred by the regulations.
(2)
The regulations may make provision for appeals against such sanctions.
(3)
In this paragraph “civil sanction” means a sanction of a kind for which provision may be made under Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (fixed monetary penalties, discretionary requirements, stop notices and enforcement undertakings).
(4)
The regulations may include provision for the imposition of sanctions of that kind whether or not—
(a)
the conduct in respect of which the sanction is imposed constitutes an offence,
(b)
the enforcement authority is a regulator for the purposes of Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, or
(c)
the relevant national authority may make provision for the imposition of sanctions under that Part.