# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024, Regulation 94: Publication of enforcement action in public register


(1) Each national enforcement authority must maintain a register (a “public register”) containing information relating to any enforcement action taken.
(2) The public register must contain details of—
(a) any conviction for an offence under regulation 86, 87 or 88;
(b) any civil sanction imposed under regulation 90 provided that—
(i) the time for lodging any appeal in respect of the civil sanction has expired, or
(ii) any appeal in relation to the civil sanction has been finally disposed of;
(c) any enforcement undertaking accepted in accordance with Part 6 of Schedule 6;
(d) any enforcement cost recovery notice served under regulation 91.
(3) Information relating to civil sanctions must be removed from the public register within a period no greater than 4 years after it was entered on the register.
(4) Nothing in this regulation requires the public register to contain information relating to criminal proceedings, or anything which is the subject matter of criminal proceedings, before those proceedings are finally disposed of.
(5) In paragraph (4), “criminal proceedings” includes prospective criminal proceedings.
(6) Each national enforcement authority must enter information on the public register, subject to paragraph (4), as soon as reasonably practicable after it comes within that authority’s possession.
(7) Each national enforcement authority must—
(a) make the public register available for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable times, free of charge, and
(b) permit members of the public to obtain copies of entries on the public register on payment of a reasonable charge.
(8) The public register may be kept in any form but shall be indexed or arranged so that members of the public can readily trace information contained in it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348266221/regulation/94 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024/regulation-94
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