SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Charges for F1single use carrier bagsF1carrier bags

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

Words in Sch. 6 para. 2 substituted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 7), s. 1(b)

Part 2Civil sanctions

Fixed monetary penalties

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1

The regulations may make provision conferring on an administrator the power by notice to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person who breaches regulations under this Schedule.

2

The regulations may only confer such a power in relation to a case where the administrator is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the breach has occurred.

3

For the purposes of this Schedule a “fixed monetary penalty” is a requirement to pay to an administrator a penalty of an amount specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations.

4

The regulations may not provide for the imposition of a fixed monetary penalty in excess of £5,000.