Consultation outcome
Extending civil sanction variable monetary penalty powers
Applies to England
Detail of outcome
As a result of the responses received, we have:
- published our updated聽enforcement and sanctions policy and its annex 1
- adopted the proposed calculation method in line with the聽
Feedback received
Detail of feedback received
We ran this consultation on our Citizen Space consultation website and on 188体育 for 8 weeks, from 14 August 2023 to 8 October 2023.
The response document sets out:
- the questions we asked in the consultation
- a summary of the responses we received
- what we will do as a result of the consultation
Original consultation
Consultation description
Following the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs鈥� Strengthening environmental civil sanctions consultation, the Environment Agency want your views on how they propose to:
- remove the cap for variable monetary penalties in the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 from its current amount of 拢250,000
- introduce powers to issue variable monetary penalties for the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (EPR) 2016
Documents
Updates to this page
Published 15 August 2023
Last updated 11 December 2023
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