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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6E+W+N.I.Charges for [F1single use carrier bags][F1carrier bags]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 6 para. 2 substituted (N.I.) (28.4.2014) by Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 7), s. 1(b)

Part 2E+W+N.I.Civil sanctions

Fixed monetary penaltiesE+W+N.I.

10(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.E+W+N.I.

(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.