{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2006/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/783",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Lesser amounts of fixed penalties",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a litter authority in England acting under section 88(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;\n(b) a principal litter authority in England acting under paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 3A to the Environmental Protection Act 1990;\n(c) a local authority in England acting under section 43A(3) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003;\n(d) a primary authority or a secondary authority in England acting under section 60(3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005;\n(e) a local authority in England acting under section 74(3) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005,\nmakes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £50.\n(2) Where—\n(a) a waste collection authority in England acting under section 47ZB(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;\n(b) a principal litter authority in England acting under section 94A(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990;\n(c) a local authority in England acting under section 8A(3) of the Noise Act 1996;\n(d) a local authority acting under section 6(10) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005,\nmakes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £60.\n(3) Where a local authority acting under section 2A(10) of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 makes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £120.\n(4) Where—\n(a) a regulation authority acting under section 5B(11) of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989;\n(b) an enforcement authority acting under section 34A(11) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990,\nmakes provision for treating a fixed penalty as having been paid if a lesser amount is paid before the end of a period specified by that authority, such lesser amount shall be not less than £180.\n(5) An authority acting under more than one of the sub-paragraphs in paragraph (1), paragraph (2) or paragraph (4) may specify a different lesser amount under each such sub-paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43; section 88(7) was inserted by section 19(2) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1978 c. 3; section 2A was inserted by section 10 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1989 c. 14; section 5B was inserted by section 38 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1990 c. 43; section 34A was inserted by section 45 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/783/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:33:49.679901+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."
}