{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Proceedings before a civil court",
  "text": "(1) If the If an enforcing authority is of the opinion that proceedings against a person for an offence under regulation 29(1)(e) a civil penalty imposed for a failure to comply with an enforcement notice under regulation 31A(2)(h)(ii) would afford an ineffectual remedy against that person, the enforcing authority may take civil proceedings against that person for the purposes of seeking such remedy as the enforcing authority believes is appropriate in the circumstances.\n(2) Civil proceedings under paragraph (1) may be taken—\n(a) in the County Court or the High Court; or\n(b) in Scotland, before the sheriff.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27(1) substituted (E.S.) (1.4.2018) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/98), regs. 1(2), 22(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 27(1) substituted (E.S.) (1.4.2018) by The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/98), regs. 1(2), 22(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/310/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:47:08.731343+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."
}