{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974/schedule-2/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974/schedule-2/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/40",
  "legislation_title": "Control of Pollution Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 24(2) of that Act (under which an occupier of trade premises who discharges trade effluent into sewers etc. without the consent of, or contrary to a direction given by or condition imposed by, the local authority is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 and a further fine not exceeding £20 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction) for the words “£50” and “£20” there shall be substituted the words “£200” and “£50” respectively.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1989/15",
      "affecting_title": "Water Act 1989"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/40/schedule/2/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:34:27.095596+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}