# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, Regulation 36: Enforcement notices


(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.
(2) An enforcement notice must—
(a) state the regulator’s view under paragraph (1);
(b) specify the matters constituting the contravention or making a contravention likely;
(c) specify the steps that must be taken to remedy the contravention or to ensure that the likely contravention does not occur; and
(d) specify the period within which those steps must be taken.
(3) Steps that may be specified in an enforcement notice include steps—
(a) to make the operation of a regulated facility comply with the environmental permit conditions; and
(b) to remedy the effects of pollution caused by the contravention.
(4) The regulator may withdraw an enforcement notice at any time by further notice served on the operator.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491423/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2010/regulation-36
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.