{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491423",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Enforcement notices",
  "text": "(1) If the regulator considers that an operator has contravened, is contravening, or is likely to contravene an environmental permit condition, the regulator may serve a notice (an “enforcement notice”) on the operator under this regulation.\n(2) An enforcement notice must—\n(a) state the regulator’s view under paragraph (1);\n(b) specify the matters constituting the contravention or making a contravention likely;\n(c) specify the steps that must be taken to remedy the contravention or to ensure that the likely contravention does not occur; and\n(d) specify the period within which those steps must be taken.\n(3) Steps that may be specified in an enforcement notice include steps—\n(a) to make the operation of a regulated facility comply with the environmental permit conditions; and\n(b) to remedy the effects of pollution caused by the contravention.\n(4) The regulator may withdraw an enforcement notice at any time by further notice served on the operator.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:55:48.989463+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."
}