# The Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018, Regulation 4: Fixed 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 FMP offence, the Secretary of State may, in accordance with this Part, impose a fixed monetary penalty on the person in relation to the offence.
(2) An offence is a “FMP 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 2 of that table.
(3) A “fixed monetary penalty”, in relation to a FMP offence, is a requirement to pay to the Secretary of State a penalty of the amount set out in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/800/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-environmental-civil-sanctions-regulations-2018/regulation-4
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