Schedule 8: Deposit schemes Enforcement
Paragraph 5 makes provision for the enforcement of a "relevant requirement" (defined in sub-paragraph (5) as a requirement imposed by regulations or under a deposit scheme) and for offences and penalties.
	Sub-paragraph (2) provides that regulations may make provision for the appointment of an enforcement authority, the provision of records and information to persons specified in the regulations, a failure to comply with a relevant requirement to constitute an offence, about such offences, and the imposition of civil sanctions in respect of failures to comply with relevant requirements.
	Sub-paragraph (3) defines "civil sanction" as a sanction of a kind referred to in Part 3 of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 ("the 2008 Act") – that is, a fixed monetary penalty, discretionary requirement, stop notice or enforcement undertaking.
	Sub-paragraph (4) outlines that regulations may include provision for the imposition of sanctions of that kind, whether or not the enforcement authority is a regulator or the conduct in respect of which the sanction is imposed is a relevant offence for the purposes of Part 3 of the 2008 Act, or the relevant national authority may make provision for the imposition of sanctions under that Part.
	Sub-paragraph (5) provides definitions as described above.