{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-offences-fixed-penalties-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prescribed ranges of fixed penalties",
  "text": "(1) The amount of a fixed penalty capable of being specified by a district council for a fixed penalty under—\n(a) ... paragraph 7(4)(a) of Schedule 1A to, the Litter Order;\n(b) sections 27(1) ... and 53(2) of the 2011 Act,\n(c) section 44(1)(a) of the 2011 Act insofar as it relates to an offence under a Dog Control Order set out in Schedules 2 to 5 to the 2012 Regulations,\nshall be not less than £50 and not more than £80.\n(1A) The amount of a fixed penalty capable of being specified by a district council for a fixed penalty under—\n(a) Article 6(6A)(a) of the Litter Order;\n(b) section 44(1)(a) of the 2011 Act insofar as it relates to an offence under a Dog Control Order set out in Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations,\nshall be not less than £50 and not more than £200.\n(2) The amount of a fixed penalty capable of being specified by a district council for a fixed penalty under—\n(a) Article 14A(4)(a) of the Litter Order;\n(b) section 8A(2)(a) of the Noise Act,\nshall be not less than £75 and not more than £110.\n(3) A district council acting under more than one of the provisions in paragraph (1) , paragraph (1A) or in paragraph (2) may specify a different amount under each such provision.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(a) omitted (30.12.2022) by virtue of The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/302), regs. 1, 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(1)(b) omitted (30.12.2022) by virtue of The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/302), regs. 1, 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(c) inserted (30.12.2022) by The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/302), regs. 1, 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1A) inserted (30.12.2022) by The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/302), regs. 1, 4(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(3) inserted (30.12.2022) by The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/302), regs. 1, 4(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 1.4.2012, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/35/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:52.345886+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."
}