UK Statutory Instrument SI 2024/1216 United Kingdom

The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

sch. para. 20 Discharge of an enforcement undertaking Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must decide compliance certificate applications within 14 daysStatutory regulator
43 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and application
s.001 Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty or compliance notice (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Notice of intent (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Meaning of single-use vape
s.003 Third party undertakings (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Offence: supply of single-use vapes
s.004 Final notice (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Offence: failure to comply with an enforcement requirement
s.005 Contents of final notice: fixed monetary penalty (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Offences by bodies corporate
s.006 Contents of final notice: compliance notice (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Defence of due diligence
s.007 Appeals against final notice (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Enforcement
s.008 Criminal proceedings (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Civil sanctions
s.009 Stop notices (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Powers of entry and examination etc.
s.010 Contents of a stop notice (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Disposal of single-use vapes
s.011 Appeals against stop notices (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Publication of information about enforcement action
s.012 Completion certificates (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Guidance
s.013 Appeals against decision not to issue a completion certificate (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Review
s.014 Compensation (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Appeal against compensation decision (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Offence (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Enforcement undertakings (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Contents of an enforcement undertaking (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Acceptance of an enforcement undertaking (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information (opens in a new tab)
s.022 Appeals against a decision not to issue a certificate (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Non-compliance with enforcement undertaking (opens in a new tab)
s.024 Non-compliance penalties (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Appeals against non-compliance penalties (opens in a new tab)
s.026 Withdrawing or amending a notice (opens in a new tab)
s.027 Enforcement cost recovery notices (opens in a new tab)
s.028 Appeals against enforcement cost recovery notices (opens in a new tab)
s.029 Power to recover payments (opens in a new tab)
s.030 Appeals: general provisions (opens in a new tab)

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

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