{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-act-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-act-1999/schedule-1/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/24",
  "legislation_title": "Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The regulations may provide for any such offence as is mentioned in paragraph 17 to be triable—\n(a) only summarily; or\n(b) either summarily or on indictment.\n(2) The regulations may provide for such an offence to be punishable—\n(a) on summary conviction by—\n(i) imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which may not exceed six months12 months the general limit in a magistrates’ court), or\n(ii) a fine not exceeding such amount as is specified (which may not exceed £20,000£50,000£40,000),\na fine, the amount of which may be limited by the regulations,\nor both; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment by—\n(i) imprisonment for a term not exceeding such period as is specified (which may not exceed five years), or\n(ii) a fine,\nor both.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(a)(i) substituted (E.W.) (7.6.2005) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 105(1)(a), 108(4) (with s. 105(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(a)(i) substituted (E.W.) (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.) (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 90 (with reg. 5(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.) (7.6.2005) by Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (c. 16), ss. 105(1)(b), 108(4) (with s. 105(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 1 para. 25(2)(a)(ii) substituted (S.) (28.10.2004) by Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), s. 145(2), Sch. 2 para. 5; S.S.I. 2004/420, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/24/schedule/1/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:50.595388+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."
}