SCHEDULE 4Consequential amendments: fines or maximum fines of numerical amounts of £5,000 or more
Part 1
Public General Acts
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)I122
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The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.
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In section 23 (offences connected with control of air pollution)61, in subsection (2)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.
3
In section 33 (prohibition on unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal, etc, of waste)62—
a
in subsection (8)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £50,000” substitute “a fine”;
b
in subsection (9), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.
4
In section 78M (offences of not complying with a remediation notice)63, in subsection (4), for the words from “a fine” to “substitute” substitute “a fine”.
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In section 80 (summary proceedings for statutory nuisances), in subsection (6), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.
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In section 118 (offences connected with control of genetically modified organisms)—
a
in subsection (3)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”;
b
in subsection (4)(a), for “a fine not exceeding £20,000” substitute “a fine”.