# Environmental Protection Act 1990, Section 23: Offences.

Extent: E+W

(1) It is an offence for a person—
(a) to contravene section 6(1) above;
(b) to fail to give the notice required by section 9(2) above;
(c) to fail to comply with or contravene any requirement or prohibition imposed by an enforcement notice or a prohibition notice;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(g) to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement imposed by a notice under section 19(2) above;
(h) to make a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or recklessly to make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular, where the statement is made—
(i) in purported compliance with a requirement to furnish any information imposed by or under any provision of this Part; or
(ii) for the purpose of obtaining the grant of an authorisation to himself or any other person or the variation of an authorisation;
(i) intentionally to make a false entry in any record required to be kept under section 7 above;
(j) with intent to deceive, to forge or use a document issued or authorised to be issued under section 7 above or required for any purpose thereunder or to make or have in his possession a document so closely resembling any such document as to be likely to deceive;
(k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(l) to fail to comply with an order made by a court under section 26 below.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (a), (c) or (l) of subsection (1) above shall be liable:
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (b), (g), (h), (i) or (j) of subsection (1) above shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-23
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