Guidance on the use of fines, notices and other civil sanctions when enforcing the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024
Non-compliance penalties
If a person fails to comply with a compliance notice, a third party undertaking or an enforcement undertaking, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council may recover any costs from that person by issuing them with a penalty.
We will seek 100% of all costs incurred by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council of fulfilling the remaining requirements including any costs of clean up or disposal costs. Where more than one person has been identified as being responsible for the non-compliance, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council will treat all persons as being jointly and individually liable for all of the costs.
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council must issue the person with a notice which tells them why we are imposing the penalty, the amount to be paid, how payment may be made, the period in which payment must be made and their right to appeal. It must also tell them the consequences of non-payment and the circumstances in we might reduce the amount of the penalty.
If the requirements of the compliance notice or the third-party undertaking is complied with before the deadline for payment is reached, then the penalty will be cancelled.
Appeals against none compliance penalties
A person may appeal against our decision to issue a penalty if they think we made an error in the facts, we didn't apply the law properly, that our decision was unreasonable or that the amount of the penalty was unreasonable. Anyone wishing to appeal a decision should do so in writing to The First Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber.
