This guidance:
- highlights the key terms of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 ("the regulations")
- deals with possible breaches of the regulations
- summarises DAERA's proposed approach to administration and enforcement of the carrier bag levy
- outlines the civil sanctions that are available to DAERA in enforcing the regulations
- indicates how DAERA will decide the amount of any civil sanctions
- outlines the process for the imposition of civil sanctions
- deals with rights of appeal
- summarises the principles governing DAERA's enforcement activity