{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-fixed-penalties-scotland-order-2013/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-fixed-penalties-scotland-order-2013/note.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/315",
  "legislation_title": "The Litter (Fixed Penalties) (Scotland) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-fixed-penalties-scotland-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSections 33A and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 provide for the payment of a fixed penalty to discharge any liability to conviction for the waste (including littering and flytipping) and littering offences under sections 33 and 87 respectively of that Act.\nThis Order increases the fixed penalty under section 33A from £50 to £200, and the fixed penalty under section 88 from £50 to £80.\nA business and regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order as no impact upon business is foreseen.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/315/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:23.719288+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."
}