Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries

2,518 criminal offences created by 806 statutory instruments.

The instruments that create most of them

• The Animal By-Products Regulations 2005 (revoked) 48 offences
• The Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2006 (revoked) 45 offences
• The Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 42 offences
• The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2009 (revoked) 40 offences
• The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked) 37 offences
• The Animal By-Products Regulations 2003 (revoked) 35 offences
• Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (revoked) 34 offences
• The Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-Depleting Substances) Regulations… 29 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order 2005 25 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Order 2007 24 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Order 2006 24 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Scotland) Order 2005 23 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997 (revoked) 22 offences
• The Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2003 21 offences
• The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 20 offences
• The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 20 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country Fishing Measures and… 19 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Wales) Order… 18 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) Order 2004… 18 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Scotland) Order 2013 17 offences
• The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020 15 offences
• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) (Monitoring, Inspection and Surveillance)… 15 offences
• The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 15 offences
• The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites… 14 offences

Offences

• Grit and dust from furnaces article 7(4) · In force · Strict liability
• Any person who— a fails to discharge a duty to which he is subject by virtue of Articles 4 to 8; b contravenes Article… article 31(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Where the commission by any person of an offence under any of the relevant statutory provisions is due to the act or… article 34(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Application of Part to police article 47A · Revoked · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• Application of Part to police article 47A(2B) · Revoked · Strict liability
• SCHEDULE 15 SCHEDULE 15 · In force · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• It is an offence for an economic operator to contravene any obligation set out in— a Article 10 (obligations of… regulation 12(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• An operator of a permitted facility who fails to comply with any of the provisions of the regulations specified in… regulation 16(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who fails to comply with a compliance notice imposed under Part 3 of Schedule 2 is guilty of an offence regulation 16(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• 1 Where— a an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a partnership or unincorporated association; and b… regulation 17(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of the following regulations is an offence by an ISM company— a regulation 9 (duty of ISM company);… regulation 24(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of the following regulations is an offence by the master— a regulation 10 (duty of master); b… regulation 24(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of regulation 11 (duty of designated person) is an offence by a designated person responsible for… regulation 24(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Any contravention of regulation 19(7) (falsification of a relevant document etc.) is an offence by the person in… regulation 24(4) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
• A person who fails to comply with any of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) commits an offence regulation 15(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who fails to comply with a compliance notice imposed under regulation 18 commits an offence regulation 15(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person commits an offence if the person— a makes a statement which that person knows to be false or misleading in a… regulation 15(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Where— a an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a body corporate, or a Scottish partnership or other… regulation 16(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• b it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on… regulation 16(1)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who fails to comply with any of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) is guilty of an offence regulation 16(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who fails to comply with a compliance notice imposed under Part 3 of Schedule 2 is guilty of an offence regulation 16(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Where— a an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a partnership or unincorporated association, and b… regulation 17(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• b it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on… regulation 17(1)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Obstructing an authorised person regulation 88(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to comply with civil sanction regulation 89(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Proof of lack of knowledge regulation 18 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Proof of lack of knowledge regulation 18(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power to give fixed penalty notices regulation 12(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply to an end user wet wipes containing plastic… regulation 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed in the exercise of an enforcement… regulation 4(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Where— a an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a body corporate or a Scottish partnership or other… regulation 8(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• b it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or was attributable to any neglect on… regulation 8(1)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence in Scotland for— a a licensor to which Part 1 of Schedule 10 applies to fail to— i collect and keep… regulation 10(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• In a case where regulation 24A applies, the non-UK supplier or that person’s authorised representative will be guilty… regulation 18 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Contravention of The Offshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2025 the instrument as a whole · Status not determined · Strict liability
• g regulation 5(3B), h regulation 5(3C), i regulation 5(3D), j regulation 5(3F) , b in paragraph (2)— i for… regulation 28 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for a producer whose registration is cancelled by the scheme administrator to fail, without… regulation 28(c) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for the scheme administrator to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligations set… regulation 28(f) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for a groceries retailer to fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with— a regulation 19(2), b… regulation 28(g) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for takeback service provider to contravene, without reasonable excuse, regulation 21(1). 9B It is an… regulation 28(h) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply to an end user wet wipes containing plastic is… regulation 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who— a supplies, offers to supply or has in their possession for supply, a single-use vape; or b fails,… regulation 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A person who— a supplies, offers to supply or has in their possession for supply, a single-use vape; or b fails,… regulation 3(a) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Obstructing an authorised person regulation 86(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Failure to comply with civil sanction regulation 87(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Power to give a fixed penalty notice regulation 7(7) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for a producer to whom regulation 25(1) applies— a to carry on business as a producer without being… regulation 115(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for a producer to whom regulation 25(2) applies to fail— a to comply with the producer’s recycling… regulation 115(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• A registered producer who does not comply with a condition of registration in regulation 31(b) or (c) (provision of… regulation 115(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
• It is an offence for a scheme operator— a to operate a compliance scheme without registering the compliance scheme… regulation 116 · Status not determined · Strict liability