34AEnvironment Protection Authority Fund

34A Environment Protection Authority Fund

34A Environment Protection Authority Fund

(1) There is established in the Special Deposits Account an account called the Environment Protection Authority Fund (the Fund).

(2) Money in the Fund is under the control of the Authority and can be expended by the Authority only for the purposes authorised by this section.

(3) There is to be paid into the Fund—

(a) any of the following money payable to the Authority under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997—

(i) any fees with respect to environment protection licences, including fees for applications made for or with respect to those licences and annual licence fees (other than load-based fees),

(ii) any interest on outstanding amounts of any such fees (other than load-based fees),

(iii) any amounts required to be paid as a penalty for default under section 57 of that Act (other than with respect to load-based fees),

(iv) any fees with respect to clean-up notices, prevention notices or noise control notices,

(v) amounts specified in any compliance cost notices given under Chapter 4 or section 267B of that Act,

(vi) amounts specified in any notices given under section 107 or 295ZD of that Act, and

(a1) amounts payable under penalty notices issued under the following legislation by officers or employees of the Authority—

(i) environment protection legislation,

(ii) the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and regulations under that Act, and

(b) any fees payable to the Authority under the following Acts—

(i) the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997,

(ia) the Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021,

(ii) the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008,