[34A Fixed penalty notices for certain offences under section 34]
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (1990 c 43) | Legislation

[34A  Fixed penalty notices for certain offences under section 34]

[(1)     This section applies where it appears to an enforcement authority that a person has failed to comply with a duty to furnish documents to that authority imposed under regulations made at any time under section 34(5) above.

(2)     The authority may serve on that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for an offence under section 34(6) above by payment of a fixed penalty.

(3)     Where a person is given a notice under this section in respect of an offence—

(a)     no proceedings may be instituted for that offence before expiration of the period of fourteen days following the date of the notice; and

(b)     he

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