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