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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-england-regulations-2024/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348264647",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-single-use-vapes-england-regulations-2024",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Imposition of a fixed monetary penalty or compliance notice",
  "text": "(1) In relation to an offence under Part 2 of these Regulations, a regulator may by notice impose—\n(a) a requirement to pay to the regulator a penalty of £200 (a “fixed monetary penalty”); or\n(b) a requirement to take such steps as the regulator may specify, within such period as it may specify, to secure that the offence does not continue or recur (a “compliance notice”).\n(2) Before doing so, the regulator must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has committed the offence.\n(3) A requirement under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) may not be imposed on a person on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.\n(4) A notice served under sub-paragraph (1) is referred to in this Part as a final notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264647/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:29.592798+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."
}