Maximum penalty on conviction
Description of offence | Legislation | Full amount of penalty (adopted by Sunderland City Council (SCC) | Early payment amount (adopted by SCC) | Maximum penalty on conviction |
Littering | S.87(1) and 88(1) Environmental Protection Act 1990 | £150 | £75.00 (if paid within 10 days) | £2,500 |
Depositing controlled waste on land without the authority of an environmental permit | S.33 Environmental Protection Act 1990 | (Depending on severity can be set between) £300 / £650 £1,000 | No discount applied | Unlimited fine and/or 5 years jail |
Failing to furnish documents (waste transfer documents) | S.34A(2) Environmental Protection Act 1990 | £300 | £250 (if paid within 10 days) | Unlimited fine |
Failing to comply with notice relating to waste receptacle
| S.47ZA(2) | £110 | £85 (if paid within 10 days) | £1,000 |
Distributing free printed matter on designated land without consent | Environmental Protection Act 1990, Paragraph 1 of Schedule 3A and Section 94B | £100 | No discount applied | £2,500 |
Nuisance Parking - repairing vehicles on a road | S.4(1) Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 | £100 | £75 (if paid within 10 days) | £2,500 |
Nuisance Parking - exposing vehicle for sale on a road | S.3(1) Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 | £100 | £75 (if paid within 10 days) | £2,500 |
Failing to produce authority to transport controlled waste | S.5B(2) Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 | £300 | £250 (if paid within 10 days) | Unlimited Fine |
Failing to comply with a Community Protection Notice | S.48 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 | £100 | No discount | £2,500 for individuals or £20,000 incorporated bodies |
Failing to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order | S.67 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 | £100 | £75 (if paid within 10 days) | £1,000 |
Graffiti, fly posting and other relevant offence | S.44 Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 | £150 | £100 (if paid within 10 days | £2,500 |
Falling to ensure that waste is passed onto an authorised person | S.34(2A) Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Household Duty of Care) | £250 | £200 (if paid within 10 days) | Unlimited Fine |
Abandoning property (motor vehicle) on highway/land | S.2A(1) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 | £200 | £120 (if paid within 10 days) | £2,500 / three months imprisonment or both. |
Littering from vehicles | S. 88A(2) Environmental Protection Act 1990 | £150 | £75 (if paid within 14 days) | Civil penalty |
If the civil penalty of £150.00 is not paid in full within the civil penalty payment period (28 days), the amount of the civil penalty will increase by 100% to £300.00 with effect from the day after the last day of the civil penalty payment period. | ||||
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