# Control of Pollution Act 1974, Paragraph 7

Extent: E+W+S

In section 27 of that Act (which provides that certain matters are not to be passed into public sewers), in subsection (2) (under which a contravention of that section is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding £10 and a further £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction) for the, words from “to a fine” onwards there shall be substituted the words—
“(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £400 and to a further fine not exceeding £50 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/40/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-pollution-act-1974/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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