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The Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order 1996

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1996-12-04

State In force

Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Made: 4th December 1996

Laid before Parliament: 9th December 1996

Coming into force: 1st January 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 88(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order: —

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Litter (Fixed Penalty) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1996.

Amount of fixed penalty

2

For the amount of £10 specified as the amount of the fixed penalty in section 88(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 there shall be substituted the amount of £25.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

James Clappison — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of the Environment — 3rd December 1996

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jonathan Evans — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — 4th December 1996

Lindsay — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 4th December 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes provision for the payment of a fixed penalty to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence under section 87 of that Act of leaving litter.

This Order increases the amount of the fixed penalty from £10 to £25.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 43.

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