# Environment (Wales) Act 2016, Paragraph 2

Status: prospective

(1) Carrier bag regulations may confer on an administrator the power by notice to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person who breaches the regulations.
(2) The regulations may only confer such a power in relation to a case where the administrator is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the breach has occurred.
(3) For the purposes of this Schedule, a “fixed monetary penalty” is a requirement to pay to an administrator a penalty of an amount specified in or determined in accordance with the regulations.
(4) The regulations may not provide for the imposition of a fixed monetary penalty in excess of £5,000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/3/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environment-wales-act-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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