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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the procedure whereby new Agencies, that is, the Environment Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, “SEPA”, can seek the suspension or revocation of environmental licences where charges due and payable in respect of the subsistence of such licences remain unpaid.

Environmental licences are defined in section 56(1) of the Environment Act 1995, by reference to the environmental legislation applicable to the Environment Agency and to SEPA.