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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-emissions-performance-standard-regulations-2015-ukdsi-2015-9780111127186/regulation-19",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111127186",
  "legislation_title": "The Emissions Performance Standard Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-emissions-performance-standard-regulations-2015-ukdsi-2015-9780111127186",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Enforcement by the High Court",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if an operator fails to comply with a relevant obligation, the Environment Agency may certify that non-compliance in writing to the High Court.\n(2) The Environment Agency may not certify non-compliance to the High Court if—\n(a) the time for an appeal relating to the relevant obligation has not elapsed; or\n(b) any appeal relating to the relevant obligation has not been determined.\n(3) In paragraph (1), “a relevant obligation” means any obligation included in—\n(a) an information notice;\n(b) an enforcement notice; or\n(c) a civil penalty notice.\n(4) If the High Court is satisfied that the operator has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with a relevant obligation, the court may deal with the operator as if the operator were in contempt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127186/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:10:41.760813+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."
}