# The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023, Paragraph 6


In the Schedule (Civil Sanctions)—
(a) in the heading of Part 1, for “Variable” substitute “Fixed”;
(b) in paragraph 1—
(i) in the heading, for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(ii) for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute—
“(a) a requirement to pay to the regulator a penalty of £200 (a “fixed monetary penalty”)”;
(iii) omit sub-paragraphs (4) and (5);
(c) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “variable” in each place that it occurs substitute “fixed”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—
“(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.
(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).”;
(iii) after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
“(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).”;
(d) in paragraph 4—
(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (4), omit paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it;
(e) in paragraph 5, in the heading and in the words preceding paragraph (a), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(f) in paragraph 7(2), omit paragraph (c);
(g) in paragraph 8, for “variable” in each place that it occurs substitute “fixed”;
(h) in paragraph 19(b), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(i) in paragraph 23(1)(a), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(j) in paragraph 24(1), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(k) in paragraph 26(a)—
(i) for “variable” substitute “fixed”; and
(ii) for “the notice” substitute “a notice imposing a non-compliance penalty”;
(l) in paragraph 27(2), for “variable” substitute “fixed”;
(m) in paragraph 29, for “variable” substitute “fixed”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348248272/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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