Mr. Alex Hurley:

In a way, the fixed-penalty notices help to address part of the issue there in that you would have a situation at the moment whereby the local authority would potentially have to chase an illegal offence through the courts whereas the availability of a fixed-penalty notice for an illegal dumping offence allows the local authority to close out the matter in a much faster manner and to get the funds back without the necessity of setting up the case and pursuing it through the courts. We see this as helping and providing a more proportionate solution in this instance.

In the case of the closed circuit television, CCTV, and the litter warden, it is not necessarily the case that the litter warden is the one who is also tasked with monitoring the data.