Part 3: Waste and Resource Efficiency Section 69: Fixed penalty notices
Section 69 amends sections 33ZA, 33ZB, 34ZA and 34ZB of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to allow the level of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) under those sections, and the time period under which a less amount may be treated as payment of the fixed penalty, to be varied. This could, for example, be to reflect inflation, changes to the cost of waste disposal, or changing waste management practices. The exact level of fixed penalty notices are set by local authorities to reflect local needs, within a range prescribed in legislation. The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales can also set levels for penalties issued by them under sections 34ZA and 34ZB, within a range prescribed in legislation. A FPN is a financial penalty that gives a person the chance to pay a fixed amount of money by a set date. If the penalty is paid by the set time, that person is no longer criminally liable for that offence and no further action will be taken.
	Subsections (2) and (3) amend sections 33ZA (fixed penalty notices relating to unauthorised depositing, treatment of disposal of waste: England) and 33ZB (fixed penalty notices relating to unauthorised depositing, treatment of disposal of waste: Wales) respectively. Subsections (2)(a) and 3(a) remove the specified ten-day early payment period in which an English or Welsh waste collection authority may choose to offer a discounted penalty, and allows that period to be specified by the authority instead. Subsections (2)(b) and 3(b) allow for the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers to amend by regulations any of the penalty amounts currently specified in subsections (9) and (10) of sections 33ZA and 33ZB.
	Subsections (4) and (5) amend sections 34ZA (FPNs relating to transfer of household waste by the occupier of a domestic property: England) and 34ZB (FPNs relating to transfer of household waste by the occupier of a domestic property: Wales) respectively. Subsections (4)(a) and (5)(a) remove the specified ten-day period an enforcement authority in England or Wales may choose to allow a lesser payment for, and allow that period to be specified by the authority. Subsections (4)(b) and (5)(b) allow for the Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers to amend by regulations any of the penalty amounts currently specified in subsections (7), (8) and (9) of section 34ZA, and the standard and lesser penalty amounts currently specified in subsections (7) and (8) of section 34ZB.
	Section 69 forms part of the law of England and Wales and extends to England and Wales.