Environment Agency enforcement and sanctions policy
How the Environment Agency uses its enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with laws that protect the environment.
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Linked documents
- Policy Paper Environment Agency enforcement and sanctions policy
- Guidance Annex 1: RES Act – the Environment Agency's approach to applying civil sanctions and accepting enforcement undertakings
- Guidance Annex 2: Climate change schemes – the Environment Agency's approach to applying civil penalties
- Guidance Annex 3: The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017 – the Environment Agency's enforcement approach
- Guidance Annex 4: Environment Act 2021 – the Environment Agency's approach to applying civil sanctions and accepting enforcement undertakings
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How the Environment Agency conducts enforcement activity for environmental offences and breaches.
Includes how we:
- make enforcement and sanctioning decisions including the decision to prosecute
- apply Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 civil sanctions and when we may accept enforcement undertakings
- apply climate change civil penalties
- enforce the Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017
See our offence response options documents which set out the options available to every offence we regulate.