Environment Agency enforcement and sanctions policy

How the Environment Agency uses its enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with laws that protect the environment

   

Documents

Environment Agency enforcement and sanctions policy

Ref: LIT 10958

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Annex 1: RES Act – the Environment Agency's approach to applying civil sanctions and accepting enforcement undertakings

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Annex 2: Climate change schemes – the Environment Agency's approach to applying civil penalties

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Annex 3: The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017 – the Environment Agency's enforcement approach

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Details

How the Environment Agency conducts enforcement activity for environmental offences and breaches.

Includes how we:

  • make enforcement and sanctioning decisions including the decision to prosecute
  • apply Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 civil sanctions and when we may accept enforcement undertakings
  • apply climate change civil penalties
  • enforce the Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017

See our offence response options documents which set out the options available to every offence we regulate.

From: Environment Agency

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