Smoking-related litter
Smoking-related litter covers items such as cigarette ends,
match sticks and discarded cigarette packets.
The offence of leaving litter is covered by the Environmental
Protection Act (EPA) 1990 Sections 87 and 88. This act has now been
updated by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (CNEA)
2005. The CNEA 2005 clarifys that the term 'litter', within the EPA
1990, includes litter relating to smoking. It is a criminal offence
to drop litter of any sort and Allerdale Borough Council can
prosecute people who drop this type of litter.
Local authority officers can issue fixed penalty notices for the
offence of £75 which you are given 14 days to pay, reduced to £60
if paid within 10 days.
Failure to pay the fixed penalty notice can result in the
offence being taken to the Magistrates' Court with a maximum fine
of £2,500 plus costs upon conviction.