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Defra publishes consultation outcome on strengthening environmental civil sanctions

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Published on: 12 July 2023

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LNB News 12/07/2023

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Issue Date: 12 July 2023

Published Date: 12 July 2023

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its summary of responses and government response to its consultation on strengthening the Environment Agency’s abilities to issue monetary penalties for environmental offences in England. The proposed changes included increasing the cap on variable monetary penalties (VMPs) and introducing VMPs into the Environmental Permitting Regulations. There were 105 responses to the consultation. The vast majority of respondents supported changing the £250,000 cap on variable monetary penalties under the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 and a majority supported removing the cap entirely.

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