EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Regulation 2 substitutes regulation 5 of the Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017 to increase the upper limit of fixed penalty notices for littering, graffiti and fly-posting offences from £150 to £500.

Regulation 3 amends the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to increase the upper limit of fixed penalty notices for unauthorised deposit of controlled waste and household waste duty of care offences, from £400 to £1000 and £600 respectively.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.