Digital waste tracking penalties
Last checked against GOV.UK 19 Oct 2026. Not legal advice; check your duties with your regulator.
“You will be committing an offence if you do not comply with the rules. This includes rules on deadlines, outages, written records, correcting errors, digital exclusion and making accurate records using the service.”Source: Digital waste tracking: check if you need to report the waste you receive (GOV.UK)
GOV.UK lists these possible outcomes: “compliance notice”, “enforcement cost recovery notice”, “variable monetary penalty of an unlimited amount”, “fixed monetary penalty of £1,000” and “criminal prosecution and, if convicted, an unlimited fine” (source).
“You could also face up to 2 years in prison if you knowingly make false or misleading statements or records to regulators.”Source: Digital waste tracking: check if you need to report the waste you receive (GOV.UK)
“If you receive a notice of intention to serve a monetary penalty, you have 28 days to submit a written objection to your regulator.”Source: Digital waste tracking: check if you need to report the waste you receive (GOV.UK)