# The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Regulation 18: Publicity for imposition of civil sanctions


(1) The Administrator may give a publicity notice to a seller on whom a civil sanction has been imposed.
(2) The following information shall be included in a publicity notice—
(a) the type of civil sanction imposed;
(b) the grounds on which the civil sanction was imposed;
(c) if the civil sanction was a fixed or variable monetary penalty, the amount of that penalty;
(d) if the civil sanction was a non-monetary discretionary requirement, the nature of that requirement.
(3) A publicity notice shall—
(a) specify the manner of publication required;
(b) specify the time within which publication is required;
(c) require the seller to provide evidence to the Administrator of compliance with the publicity notice within a time specified in that notice.
(4) If a seller fails to comply with a publicity notice within the time specified under paragraph (3)(b), the Administrator may—
(a) publicise the information required to be publicised; and
(b) recover the costs of publication from the seller.
(5) Where information is publicised under paragraph (4)(a) it shall be done in a way likely to attract the attention of the public.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337989537/regulation/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-single-use-carrier-bags-charge-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-18
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