# The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018, Regulation 11: Variable monetary penalties: power to impose

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person has committed a VMP offence, the Secretary of State may, in accordance with this Part, impose a variable monetary penalty on the person in relation to the offence.
(2) An offence is a “VMP offence” if—
(a) the offence is contained in a provision specified in column 1 of any of the tables in the Schedule; and
(b) “Yes” is set out in the corresponding entry in column 4.
(3) A “variable monetary penalty”, in relation to a VMP offence, is a requirement to pay to the Secretary of State a penalty of an amount determined by the Secretary of State.
(4) The amount of any variable monetary penalty must not exceed £50,000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/800/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-environmental-civil-sanctions-regulations-2018/regulation-11
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