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Is a supermarket car park (owned by the supermarket) a ‘public place’ or ‘place’ to which section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 applies (offence of leaving litter)?
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In seeking to serve an abatement notice, pursuant to section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990), is service effected, for the purposes of EPA 1990, s 160(2), by a local authority officer attending the property in question, the addressee not being present, but a non-resident friend coming out of the address and taking the letter from the officer?
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How should the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, section 7 management agreements be used? Can Natural England impose such an agreement on a landowner or occupier? Can these agreement be used on any land or only land designated as a site of special scientific interest? How do these agreements work alongside a Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, s 28J management scheme?
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How should a complaint against an abatement notice under section 51 of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 (MCA 1980) be made and what is the impact of non-payment of the court fee payable? What are the permitted methods laying a complaint under MCA 1980, s 51 to a magistrates' court?
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Do the Police have power to issue notices under section 46 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990? Could they be granted delegated power to issue notices but reserving the prosecution to the local authority in the event of noncompliance?
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Associated legal terms

Compliance classification scheme

A national system used by the Environment Agency for categorising non-compliance with different regulatory permit conditions, based on the same approach as the Common Incident Classification Scheme (CICS).

Directive waste

Any substance or object which the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard (Article 3(1) of the revised Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) (rWFD).

Zero carbon

where no CO2 emissions can be attributed to an organisation across any of its activities, or scopes
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