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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-civil-sanctions-wales-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-civil-sanctions-wales-regulations-2023/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2023/1288",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Civil Sanctions) (Wales) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-civil-sanctions-wales-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Imposition of a variable monetary penalty or compliance notice",
  "text": "(1) The regulator may by notice impose—\n(a) a requirement to pay a monetary penalty to the regulator of such amount as the regulator may determine (“a variable monetary penalty”);\n(b) a requirement to take such steps as the regulator may specify, within such period as it may specify, to secure that the offence does not continue or recur (“a compliance notice”);\nor a combination of these requirements, in relation to an offence under section 5 of the 2023 Act.\n(2) Before doing so the regulator must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has committed the offence.\n(3) A requirement under this paragraph may not be imposed on a person on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.\n(4) Before serving a notice relating to a variable monetary penalty the regulator may require the person to provide such information as is reasonable to establish the amount of any financial benefit arising as a result of the offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2023/1288/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:22.068916+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."
}