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  • Pending consultation Consultation on Guidance on the Use of Fixed Monetary Penalties in Marine Protected Areas

    Topics:
    • Marine and coast, 
    • Marine legislation, 
    • Marine conservation advice and guidance

    Consultation opens 3 July 2026, 12.00 pm

    Summary

    The Department is seeking your views on this Guidance on the Use of Fixed Monetary Penalties in Marine Protected Areas. This guidance explains the role of fixed monetary penalties within the Department’s wider, proportionate and graduated approach to enforcement, and how they may be used alongside other compliance and enforcement measures. Information on how to respond to this consultation is contained with the guidance document.

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    • Consultation on Guidance on the Use of Fixed Monetary Penalties in Marine Protected Areas Adobe PDF (1 MB)

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    Consultation description

    This consultation is intended to allow the Department’s stakeholders and those who it may affect to review this guidance, and to provide an opportunity for them to seek clarification on any aspect before its final publication.

    Ways to respond

    Consultation pending — details on ways to respond will be provided when the consultation has opened.

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