Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Operations seeking approval for a change in the fine level of fixed penalty notices for sections 46 and 47 of the Environmental Protection Act.

Approved a fixed penalty notice charge of £80 reduced to £60 if paid within ten days for Section 46 and 47 respectively of the Environmental Protection Act refers.

Consideration was given to a report by the Head of Operations (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) outlining a new fine level for fixed penalty notices for failing to place waste in the prescribed receptacle for household and commercial waste, Section 46 and 47 respectively of the Environmental Protection Act refers.

Having been advised that the Government had introduced a default level for these notices of not less than £60 and no more than £80, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that a fixed penalty notice charge of £80 reduced to £60 if paid within ten days be approved for Section 46 and 47 offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

To receive a report by the Head of Operations seeking approval for the change in the fine level for Fixed Penalty Notices for section 46 and 47 of the Environmental Protection Act as required by the Amendment Order 2012.

(Councillor D M Tysoe, Executive Councillor for the Environment, was in attendance for this Item)

Councillor D M Tysoe introduced a report by the Head of Environmental Management (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) seeking approval for a change in the fine level for Fixed Penalty Notices issued under Sections 46 and 47 of the Environment Protection Act. The change was required by an Amendment Order 2012.

Given that the Council already offered a reduced fine for payment within a certain timescale, combined with the facts that Section 46 notices were rarely issued and no section 47 notices had been issued by the Council, the Panel endorsed the report for submission to the Cabinet.