{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-waste-tracking-wales-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/105",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Waste Tracking (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-waste-tracking-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Power to impose a variable monetary penalty",
  "text": "(1) A variable monetary penalty may not be imposed on a person on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission, unless the act or omission is a continuing act or omission.\n(2) Before serving a notice relating to a variable monetary penalty on a person, Natural Resources Wales may require the person to provide such information as is reasonable to establish any benefit (financial or otherwise) arising as a result of the contravention.\n(3) In determining the amount of a variable monetary penalty, Natural Resources Wales must consider the following factors—\n(a) the environmental impact or potential impact of the contravention;\n(b) any benefit arising as a result of the contravention;\n(c) the culpability of the person;\n(d) previous history of non-compliance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/105/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:51.092329+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."
}