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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348248272",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the Schedule (Civil Sanctions)—\n(a) in the heading of Part 1, for “Variable” substitute “Fixed”;\n(b) in paragraph 1—\n(i) in the heading, for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(ii) for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute—\n“(a) a requirement to pay to the regulator a penalty of £200 (a “fixed monetary penalty”)”;\n(iii) omit sub-paragraphs (4) and (5);\n(c) in paragraph 2—\n(i) for “variable” in each place that it occurs substitute “fixed”;\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—\n“(2A) A notice of intent to serve a fixed monetary penalty must also offer the person on whom the notice is served the opportunity to discharge their liability for the penalty by paying the sum of £100 to the regulator within 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is received.\n(2B) A person’s liability to a fixed monetary penalty is discharged if the person pays the sum of £100 to the regulator within the time specified in sub-paragraph (2A).”;\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—\n“(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply in relation to a notice of intent to serve a fixed monetary penalty if the person makes a payment in accordance with sub-paragraph (2B).”;\n(d) in paragraph 4—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (4), omit paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it;\n(e) in paragraph 5, in the heading and in the words preceding paragraph (a), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(f) in paragraph 7(2), omit paragraph (c);\n(g) in paragraph 8, for “variable” in each place that it occurs substitute “fixed”;\n(h) in paragraph 19(b), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(i) in paragraph 23(1)(a), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(j) in paragraph 24(1), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(k) in paragraph 26(a)—\n(i) for “variable” substitute “fixed”; and\n(ii) for “the notice” substitute “a notice imposing a non-compliance penalty”;\n(l) in paragraph 27(2), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;\n(m) in paragraph 29, for “variable” substitute “fixed”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:19.152677+00:00"
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  "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."
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