UK Statutory Instrument SI 2010 England

Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010

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Enforced by
Environment Agency
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 5 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

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Any Person1

Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

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Part 1

Introduction

0 of 2 sections shown
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation, application and commencement
s.art002 Regulators
Part 2

Civil sanctions, notices and undertakings

0 of 3 sections shown
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.art003 Civil sanctions, notices and undertakings
s.art004 Scope
s.art005 Combination of penalties
Part 3

Non-compliance and enforcement

0 of 3 sections shown
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.art006 Recovery of payments
s.art007 Non-compliance penalties
s.art008 Enforcement cost recovery notices
Part 4

Administration

0 of 7 sections shown
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.art009 Withdrawing or amending a notice
s.art010 Appeals
s.art011 Guidance as to use of civil sanctions
s.art012 Additional guidance
s.art013 Consultation on guidance
s.art014 Publication of enforcement action
s.art015 Power of entry
Schedules

Schedules

5 of 32 shown
s.sch002 Imposition of a variable monetary penalty, compliance notice or restoration notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency may impose variable monetary penalties, compliance notices or restoration notices for environmental offencesStatutory regulator
s.sch002 Final notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must decide and issue final notice after representations periodStatutory regulator
s.sch003 Contents of a stop notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must include key information in stop noticesStatutory regulator
s.sch003 Offences Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with a notice from the Environment AgencyAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch004 Discharge of an enforcement undertaking Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must issue a certificate when an enforcement undertaking is completedStatutory regulator
27 other schedules
s.sch001 Power to impose a fixed monetary penalty
s.sch001 Criminal proceedings
s.sch001 Notice of intent
s.sch001 Discharge of liability
s.sch001 Making representations and objections
s.sch001 Service of final notice
s.sch001 Contents of final notice
s.sch001 Discount for early payment
s.sch001 Grounds of appeal
s.sch001 Non-payment after 56 days
s.sch002 Notice of intent
s.sch002 Making representations and objections
s.sch002 Third party undertakings
s.sch002 Contents of final notice – variable monetary penalty
s.sch002 Contents of final notice - compliance notice or restoration notice
s.sch002 Appeals against a final notice
s.sch002 Criminal proceedings
s.sch003 Stop notices
s.sch003 Appeals
s.sch003 Completion certificates
s.sch003 Compensation
s.sch004 Enforcement undertakings
s.sch004 Contents of an enforcement undertaking
s.sch004 Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking
s.sch004 General provisions on enforcement undertakings
s.sch004 Inaccurate, incomplete or misleading information
s.sch004 Non-compliance with an enforcement undertaking

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