{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-45AZG",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/section-45AZG.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/43",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Protection Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990",
  "path": "section/45AZG",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45AZG",
  "heading": "Sections 45AZA and 45AZB: appeals against compliance notices",
  "text": "(1) A person who is given a compliance notice may appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against—\n(a) the notice, or\n(b) any requirement in the notice.\n(2) The notice or requirement has effect pending the determination of the appeal, unless the tribunal decides otherwise.\n(3) The tribunal may—\n(a) quash the notice or requirement,\n(b) confirm the notice or requirement,\n(c) vary the notice or requirement,\n(d) take any steps the Environment Agency could take in relation to the failure giving rise to the notice or requirement, or\n(e) remit any matter relating to the notice or requirement to the Environment Agency.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 45A-45AZG substituted for s. 45A (17.5.2024) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), ss. 57(4), 147(3) (with s. 144); S.I. 2024/639, reg. 2(a) (with regs. 5, 6, 7, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/section/45AZG",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:13.995767+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."
}