Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation 1
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These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st December 2023.
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These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England and the sea adjacent to England out as far as the seaward boundary of the territorial sea only.
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In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 20164.
Amendment of the principal Regulations 2
The principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions.
Amendment of regulation 39 (penalties and enforcement undertakings) 3
In regulation 39, after paragraph (6) insert—
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Schedule 26A (Variable monetary penalties (England)) has effect.
Insertion of Schedule 26A 4
After Schedule 26 insert new Schedule 26A as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Rebecca PowParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs