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Planning Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement - Providing information and guidance

273: Local authority or EPA to publish information about their functions, duties, and powers

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"Local authorities and EPA must share information about their roles online"

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You will be able to find information about what local authorities and the EPA do on their website. They must put information about their jobs, what they have to do, and what they are allowed to do on their website. You can access this information for free. You will also be able to see a list of times when local authorities or the EPA took someone to court and won. This list will be on their website and will be free to look at. Local authorities and the EPA must also put information about certain promises they accept on their website. This includes what the promise says and why they decided to accept it.

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Part 6Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement: Providing information and guidance

273Local authority or EPA to publish information about their functions, duties, and powers

  1. Local authorities and the EPA must publish on an internet site maintained by or on their behalf that is accessible to the public free of charge—

  2. information about their functions, duties, and powers; and
    1. a register of all their enforcement activities that result in a conviction or court order; and
      1. all decisions to accept enforceable undertakings, including the content of each enforceable undertaking and a summary of the reasons for the decision to accept it.