{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2012/regulation-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2012/regulation-51.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3038",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/51",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Discretion in imposing civil penalties",
  "text": "(1) Where the regulator considers it appropriate to do so, the regulator may (subject to paragraph (2))—\n(a) refrain from imposing a civil penalty;\n(b) reduce the amount of a penalty (including the amount of an additional daily penalty);\n(c) extend the time for payment specified in the penalty notice or additional penalty notice;\n(d) withdraw a penalty notice or an additional penalty notice;\n(e) modify the notice by substituting a lower penalty.\n(2) The powers under paragraph (1) do not apply in relation to any penalty arising under regulation 54(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3038/regulation/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:11:20.029288+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."
}