Regulations 59B and 59C15

After regulation 59A insert—

Civil sanctions, Wales59B

1

The Natural Resources Body for Wales may impose a variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (Wales) Order 201017.

Table of civil sanctions

Offence under these Regulations

Variable monetary penalty

Enforcement undertaking

regulation 17

Yes

Yes

regulation 18

Yes

Yes

regulation 19(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 19(3)

Yes

Yes

regulation 20(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 21

Yes

Yes

regulation 22(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 23

Yes

Yes

regulation 24(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 25

Yes

Yes

regulation 26

Yes

Yes

regulation 27(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 28

Yes

Yes

regulation 29(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 30(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 31

Yes

Yes

regulation 32(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 33(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 34(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 35(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 36

Yes

Yes

regulation 37(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 38(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 38(3)

Yes

Yes

regulation 38(4)

Yes

Yes

regulation 39(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 40(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 41(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 42(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 43

Yes

Yes

regulation 44(2)

Yes

Yes

regulation 52(1)

Yes

No

regulation 53(a)

Yes

No

regulation 53(b)

Yes

No

regulation 53(c)

Yes

No

regulation 54(a)

Yes

No

regulation 54(b)

Yes

No

2

The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.

3

The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of these Regulations.

4

This regulation applies only in Wales and the Welsh area.

Review59C

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of these Regulations;

b

set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

c

publish the report.

2

The report must in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;

b

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.

3

The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 1st May 2014.

4

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.