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

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)

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”.

(1)

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