CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE available, which may have a serious eff ect on the viability of any targeted business. Prosecution options via EA Enforcement include: • Issuing a warning • Statutory enforcement notices • Prohibition notices • Suspension, or revocation of permit • Variation of permit condition • Injunctions and civil sanctions • Formal caution • Prosecution • Combination of above, as sanctions
One area which should be expanded is the use of Enforcement Undertakings in lieu of a prosecution, which avoid a criminal conviction and reduce the costs involved.
Each case is obviously diff erent, but it is only possible to get the right results by hiring the appropriate experts (including legal) from the early stages, so my advice is to involve your legal team from the outset.
To obtain this, the client has to be proactive and not delay in making a suitable proposal on the form, so that the EA can consider accepting an undertaking.
Essentially, this is an off er to restore and remediate any damage caused by an off ender. It may involve paying compensation and always the EA costs, but avoids a prosecution if complied with.
If the EA have investigated and formed the view that off ences are or have occurred, then this is a valid alternative to prosecution.
It will be interesting to see if any expansion of the undertakings regime has taken place since it was introduced in April 2015, and whether the revised Sentencing Guidance could have infl uenced this procedure.
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THE buzzwords that seem to be on everyone’s lips these days are ‘waste incineration directive’ – WID for short.
A WID compliant biomass boiler off ers the luxury of burning Grade A, B and more importantly Grade C wood. For those who don’t know, Grade A wood is less expensive to dispose of than Grade C wood. In some cases, we have clients paying more than half a million pounds a year in wood disposal fees, however we can provide you with a solution that will turn your costs into a second income.
A properly installed WID boiler (with the correct LEGAL permit) will allow you to burn Grade C wood, saving on disposal costs and potentially off ering a lucrative government incentive of approximately £83 a tonne.
However, our advice to anyone considering investing in a WID boiler/system is get all your ducks in a row prior to an install, and to collate as much independent information as possible. Unfortunately, this lucrative opportunity has attracted the stereotypical used car salesmen, offering get rich quick WIDs sometimes without necessary permits or ancillaries.
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The adage ‘If it’s too good to be true, it usually is,’ should play in one's mind. The potential to earn hundreds of thousands of pounds a year is a defi nite, but only if you adhere to basic rules.
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You wouldn’t normally buy a diesel car, then expect to run it on petrol. Nor would you ever expect to drive without a licence, or road tax.
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In order to provide our clients with industry leading advice and support, here at Life’s Energy we work with top consultants and leading experts from the biomass industry. This allows us to off er clients a bespoke service, and to fully support the installation of world-class industrial boilers through the design and build process.
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