CRC failure to comply

There are a number of civil and criminal offences that apply for non-compliance, falsification and obstruction, including (but not limited to):

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Civil offences
Offence	Penalty
Failure to register if required to participate	Immediate fine of £5,000 imposed for failure to register by the deadline Further fine of £500 per working day for each subsequent working day of delay until last working day of July (the next reporting deadline) Publication of non-compliance
Failure to fulfill reporting requirements	Immediate fine of £5,000 for failure to provide a footprint report by the reporting deadline Further fine of £0.05 per tonne of carbon dioxide (tCO₂) per working day for each subsequent day of delay up to a maximum of 40 working days. This part of the fine is doubled after 40 working days Publication of non-compliance
Failure to purchase the requisite number of allowances to cover all emissions	Fine of £40 for each tCO₂ of emissions incorrectly reported - to be applied wherever there is a margin of error greater than 5% Publication of non-compliance
Failure of non-participant to make disclosure of necessary information	Where an organisation with a Half Hourly Meter (HHM) that does not meet the qualifying threshold fails to make an information disclosure, a one-off fine of £1,000

Criminal offences
Offence	Penalty
Falsification : Knowingly or recklessly make false or misleading statement Falsification of evidence Attempt to deceive or mislead the administrator	Summarily: Imprisonment up to three years Fine up to £50,000 Indictment: Imprisonment up to two years Fine (undetermined)
Non-compliance with enforcement Failure to comply with an enforcement notice Intentionally obstruct the administrator Failure to provide assistance, facilities and information or to permit any inspection Failure to appear, or prevent any other person from appearing, before the administrator as part of an inspection	Enforcement action
Failure of an energy supplier to provide a statement of energy supply when properly requested	A fine equivalent to the lower of £500,000 or 5% of turnover Publication of failure/non-compliance