Duty of Care Commercial and Domestic - Pay a fine

Commercial

Failure to comply with the duty of care is an offence with no upper limit on the courts’ power to fine. In some instances a fixed penalty notice may be issued for failure to comply with the duty of care in place of prosecution. The Code is admissible as evidence in legal proceedings for Section 34(1) offences and its rules must be taken into account where relevant to questions raised in the case.

For more detailed information see the Government website

Domestic

If you pay someone to take away your household rubbish or unwanted items, then to meet your Household Waste Duty of Care you must do the following:

1) Check that the person or company taking your rubbish is a registered waste carrier. You can check online by visiting naturalresources.wales/checkWaste

2) Always ask where your waste is going

If you don’t make these checks then you could receive a £300 fine. You can also be prosecuted, with fines of up to £5,000.

For further information visit www.flytippingactionwales.org

Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice

Please note: We are moving to a new payment system for all fines issued on or after 1st October 2025. Because of this, we will be running two payment systems until all fines issued before this date are paid.

Please check the number of digits on your Fixed Penalty Notice when selecting the correct system to make your payment.

Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice online