{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-39",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110788760",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/39",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 38(1)(a), (b) or (c) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or to both.\n(2) In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, paragraph (1)(a) has effect as if—\n(a) for “£50,000” there were substituted “£20,000”; and\n(b) for “12 months” there were substituted “6 months”.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under regulation 38(1)(d), (e), (f) or (g) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both.\n(4) An establishment or undertaking guilty of an offence under regulation 38(2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/regulation/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:33.841180+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."
}