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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-waste-tracking-england-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348282726",
  "legislation_title": "The Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-digital-waste-tracking-england-regulations-2026",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
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  "number": "12",
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  "text": "(1) If the person who has received a notice of intent does not discharge liability within the 28 day period by paying to the Agency the amount of the penalty specified in the notice of intent, the Agency may, after considering any representations or objections made within the 28 day period, decide whether to impose (by serving a final notice) the variable monetary penalty in the notice of intent, with or without modifications.\n(2) Where the contravention to which the notice of intent relates is a criminal offence, the Agency may not serve a final notice on a person if the Agency is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the person would not, by reason of any defence, be liable to be convicted of that offence.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:30.463351+00:00"
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  "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."
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