The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation, application and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Sellers' obligations

    1. 3.Obligation to charge

    2. 4.Obligations in relation to records

  4. PART 3 Administrators and enforcement

    1. 5.Administrators

    2. 6.Breach

    3. 7.Powers of enforcement

    4. 8.Duties to report and publish guidance

  5. PART 4 Sanctions, appeals etc.

    1. 9.Power to impose fixed monetary penalty

    2. 10.Power to impose one or more discretionary requirements

    3. 11.Power to impose non-compliance penalty

    4. 12.Power to recover costs

    5. 13.Power to require publicity

    6. 14.Power to withdraw or amend notice

    7. 15.Power to recover payments

    8. 16.Appeals

    9. 17.Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

    10. 18.Review

    11. 19.Transitional and saving provision

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Sellers for the purposes of Schedule 3

      1. 1.Meaning

      2. 2.Number of employees of a person

      3. 3.Employees

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Single use carrier bags

      1. 1.Meaning

      2. 2.Excluded bags

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Records

      1. 1.Record-keeping

      2. 2.Supply of records

      3. 3.Meaning of reporting year

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Reporting and guidance

      1. 1.Publication of records

      2. 2.Publication of report about enforcement action

      3. 3.Guidance as to use of civil sanctions

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Fixed monetary penalties: amounts and procedure

      1. PART 1 Fixed monetary penalties: amounts

        1. 1.The amount of penalty which may be imposed as a...

      2. PART 2 Fixed monetary penalties: procedure

        1. 2.Notice of intent

        2. 3.Discharge of liability following notice of intent

        3. 4.Making representations and objections

        4. 5.Decision whether to impose a fixed monetary penalty

        5. 6.Contents of final notice

        6. 7.Payment

        7. 8.Early payment discount

        8. 9.Late payment penalty

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Discretionary requirements: amounts and procedure

      1. PART 1 Variable monetary penalties: maximum amounts

        1. 1.The maximum amount of variable monetary penalty which may be...

      2. PART 2 Discretionary requirements: procedure

        1. 2.Notice of intent

        2. 3.Making representations and objections

        3. 4.Decision whether to impose discretionary requirements

        4. 5.Contents of a final notice

        5. 6.Payment

        6. 7.Early payment discount

        7. 8.Late payment penalty

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Non-compliance penalties: procedure

      1. 1.Notice of intent

      2. 2.Making representations and objections

      3. 3.Decision whether to impose a non-compliance penalty

      4. 4.Contents of a non-compliance penalty notice

      5. 5.Late payment penalty

  8. Explanatory Note