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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-civil-sanctions-england-order-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111492512",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-civil-sanctions-england-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Criminal proceedings",
  "text": "(1) If a notice of intent for a fixed monetary penalty is served on any person—\n(a) no criminal proceedings for the offence may be instituted against that person in respect of the act or omission to which the notice relates before 28 days from the date the notice of intent is received, and\n(b) if that person so discharges liability, that person may not at any time be convicted of the offence in relation to that act or omission.\n(2) If a fixed monetary penalty is imposed on any person, that person may not at any time be convicted of the offence in respect of the act or omission giving rise to the penalty.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111492512/schedule/1/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:55:29.487179+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."
}