Regulation 42 Offence and penalties

United Kingdom

(1)

A person is guilty of an offence who—

(a)

if they are not a specified person, fails to comply with regulation 25; or

(b)

fails to comply with a compliance notice, stop notice or restoration notice.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under—

(a)

paragraph (1)(a); or

(b)

paragraph (1)(b) in relation to contravention of regulation 25,

is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(3)

A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(b) in relation to contravention of regulation 12(1), F113(2) or 14(1) is liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

Annotations

F1: Word in reg. 42(3) substituted (1.10.2012) by The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1889), regs. 1(2), 2(4)