# Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, Section 41: Penalties on conviction

Extent: E+W

(1) In section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (offence of unauthorised or harmful deposit etc of waste), for subsections (8) and (9) (penalties) substitute—
“(8) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding £50,000 or both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both.”
(2) Subsection (1) does not have effect in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this section.
(3) In relation to offences committed after 2 May 2022, the amendment made by this section has effect as if for “ the general limit in a magistrates’ court ” there were substituted “ 6 months ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/16/section/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/clean-neighbourhoods-and-environment-act-2005/section-41
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