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Extending civil sanction variable monetary penalty powers

We want your views on our proposals for when we will use variable monetary penalties and how we will calculate them.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

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Following the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Strengthening environmental civil sanctions consultation, the Environment Agency want your views on how they propose to:

remove the cap for variable monetary penalties in the Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 from its current amount of £250,000
introduce powers to issue variable monetary penalties for the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (EPR) 2016

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Extending civil sanction variable monetary penalty powers consultationapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text Extending civil sanction variable monetary penalty powers: response document