Schedule 6: Resource efficiency information Part 2: Enforcement Sanctions
Paragraph 12 enables regulations to include provision for the imposition of civil sanctions or creating criminal offences.
	Sub-paragraph (1)(a) sets out that regulations may provide for the imposition of civil sanctions in the following circumstances:
for failure to comply with any of the requirements under Parts 1 and 2 of these regulations; or
where there has been an obstruction of or failure to assist a person carrying out enforcement functions.
	Sub-paragraph (1)(b) sets out that regulations may also include provision on appeals against such sanctions.
	Sub-paragraph (2) sets out that regulations may include provision on creating criminal offences punishable with a fine under the following circumstances:
in respect of failures to comply with civil sanctions imposed under Part 2 of this schedule; or
where there has been the obstruction of, or failure to assist, an enforcement authority when they are carrying out their functions.
	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 conduct in respect of which the sanction is imposed is an offence, or the enforcement authority is a regulator 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.