Paragraph 1 Enforcement undertakings
Where a person offers SEPA an enforcement undertaking, SEPA may accept it in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or reject it.
SEPA may only accept an enforcement undertaking from a person where SEPA has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has committed a relevant offence.
An “enforcement undertaking” is an undertaking to take such action of a type mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) and specified in the undertaking within such period as may be so specified.
The types of action are—
action to secure that the offence does not continue or recur;
action to secure that the position is, so far as possible, restored to what it would have been if the offence had not been committed; and
any other action that will secure benefits or improvements to the environment (including the payment of a sum of money to a third party).
In this Schedule, references to taking action specified in an enforcement undertaking include references to refraining from taking such action.