88 Fixed penalty notices for leaving litter
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (1990 c 43) | Legislation

88  Fixed penalty notices for leaving litter

(1)     Where on any occasion—

[(a)]     an authorised officer of a litter authority [person or a constable] finds a person who he has reason to believe has on that occasion [that a person has] committed an offence under section 87 above in the area of that authority[; or

(²ú)ÌýÌýÌýÌý a constable has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence under that section,]

he may give that person a notice offering him the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of a fixed penalty.

[(1A)     Where a constable gives a notice under this section to a person, he shall, no later than 24 hours after the giving of the notice, send a copy of it to the litter authority in whose area the offence was committed.]

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

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

(²ú)ÌýÌýÌýÌý he shall not be convicted of that offence if he pays the fixed penalty before the

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