PART 6Enforcement and Non-compliance

Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions18

1

An administrator may give a publicity notice to a seller on whom a civil sanction has been imposed11.

2

The following is the information specified for the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Climate Change Act 2008—

a

the type of civil sanction concerned;

b

the grounds on which the sanction was imposed;

c

if the sanction was a fixed or variable monetary penalty, the amount of that penalty;

d

if the sanction was a non-monetary discretionary requirement, the nature of the requirement in question.

3

A publicity notice must—

a

specify the manner of publication required;

b

specify the time for compliance with the notice;

c

require the seller to provide evidence of compliance with the notice within a time specified in the notice.

4

If a seller fails to comply with a publicity notice within the time specified under paragraph (3)(b), the administrator may—

a

publicise the information required to be publicised by the notice; and

b

recover the costs of doing so from the seller in question.

5

Where an administrator publicises information under paragraph (4)(a) it must do so in a way it considers most likely to bring the information to the attention of members of the public in its area.