New Sentencing Guidelines For Environmental Offences

February 2014 saw the Sentencing Council launch a set of new guidelines for judges and magistrates aimed at increasing the penalties imposed on serious environmental offenders. These guidelines are set to impact on those working in the nuclear industry and elsewhere, and will come into force on the 1st July 2014.

This draft is the first time that the Sentencing Council has produced guidelines for environmental offences, and is intended to establish a degree of consistency in courts across England and Wales...

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