Fixed Penalty Notices

As from April 1st 2006 all the powers from the clean neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 came into power.

This now means that all enforcement officers in Environment and Health now have the ability to issue a number of Fixed Penalty Notices to deal with environmental crimes.

The matters that could be subjected to a notice and the scale of the fines are detailed in the table below. If you require any further details, telephone Environment & Health on 01493 846478.

We hope this will go a long way to help the problems of fly tipped waste and dog fouling within the Borough of Great Yarmouth and produce a cleaner neighbourhood for everyone to enjoy living in and visiting.

Offence	Act	Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days	Full amount of penalty	Maximum penalty on conviction
Depositing litter	Section 87/88 EPA 1990	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to comply with a street litter control notice	Section 94/94A EPA 1990	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to produce waste documents	Section 34(5) and Regulations made under it/34(6)/34A EPA 1990	£180	£300	£5,000 (or, on indictment, an unlimited fine)
Failure to produce authority to transport waste	Section 5/5B CoP Act 1989	£180	£300
Unauthorised distribution of free printed matter	Schedule 3A, paras. 1(1) and 7 EPA 1990	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to comply with waste receptacles notice	Section 46/47/47ZA/47ZB-EPA 1990	£60	£80	£1000
Failure to comply with a Dog Control Order	Section 3 Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996	£60	£80	£1000
Nuisance Parking	Section 6 CNE Act 2005	£60	£100	£2,500
Abandoned Vehicles	Section 2A(1) Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978	£120	£200	£2,500
Failure to Nominate Alarm Keyholder	Section 73 CNE Act 2005	£60	£80	£1,000
Noise from Dwellings	Section 8 Noise Act 1996	£60	£80	£5,000
Noise from Licensed Premises	Section 8 Noise Act 1996	-	£500	£5,000

EPA – Environmental Protection Act 1990
CNEA – Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
CPA - Control of Pollution Act 1989

Great Yarmouth Borough Council