Regulation 15 Regulations 59B and 59C

After regulation 59A insert—

“Civil sanctions, Wales

59B.

(1)

The Natural Resources Body for Wales may impose a variable monetary penalty, or accept an enforcement undertaking, in relation to an offence specified in the following Table of civil sanctions, as indicated in that Table, as if it were an offence under a provision specified in relation to that sanction in Schedule 5 to the Environmental Civil Sanctions (Wales) Order 2010^f1.

Table of civil sanctions

Offence under these Regulations	Variable monetary penalty	Enforcement undertaking
regulation 17	Yes	Yes
regulation 18	Yes	Yes
regulation 19(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 19(3)	Yes	Yes
regulation 20(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 21	Yes	Yes
regulation 22(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 23	Yes	Yes
regulation 24(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 25	Yes	Yes
regulation 26	Yes	Yes
regulation 27(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 28	Yes	Yes
regulation 29(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 30(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 31	Yes	Yes
regulation 32(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 33(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 34(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 35(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 36	Yes	Yes
regulation 37(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(3)	Yes	Yes
regulation 38(4)	Yes	Yes
regulation 39(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 40(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 41(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 42(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 43	Yes	Yes
regulation 44(2)	Yes	Yes
regulation 52(1)	Yes	No
regulation 53(a)	Yes	No
regulation 53(b)	Yes	No
regulation 53(c)	Yes	No
regulation 54(a)	Yes	No
regulation 54(b)	Yes	No

(2)

The terms used in this regulation have the same meaning as in that Order.

(3)

The provisions of that Order in relation to those sanctions apply as if they were provisions of these Regulations.

(4)

This regulation applies only in Wales and the Welsh area.

Review

59C.

(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b)

set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c)

publish the report.

(2)

The report must in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;

(b)

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c)

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.

(3)

The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 1st May 2014.

(4)

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.