{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-england-and-walesregulations-2005/regulation-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-england-and-walesregulations-2005/regulation-69.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/894",
  "legislation_title": "The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-england-and-walesregulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/69",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person who commits an offence under regulation 65 in connection with any of the following regulations—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) regulation 34 (consignment codes);\n(e) regulations 35 to 43 (consignment notes);\n(f) regulation 46 and Schedule 7 (cross border consignments);\n(g) regulation 53 (consignee and self-disposal quarterly returns);\n(h) regulation 54 (consignee's return to the producer, holder or consignor); or\n(i) regulation 55 (duties to supply information).\nshall be liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under regulation 65 or 68 in connection with any other requirement under these Regulations shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 69(1)(a)-(c) omitted (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/336), regs. 1, 2(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 69(1)(e) substituted (29.3.2011) by The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/988), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 27 (with regs. 2, 47(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/894/regulation/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:01:36.929011+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."
}