Fines less than £100,000 were once common for serious environmental incidents involving multiple environmental offences in the construction sector. Those days are gone. The Court of Appeal judgment in the recent case of R vs Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2015] EWCA Crim 960 draws a clear line in the sand. For many construction companies, the prospect of multimillion pound fines for environmental offences is now a reality. The clear message from the Court of Appeal is that environmental offences should not be treated any differently from other regulatory offences. If banks and financial institutions can receive multimillion pound fines for breaching financial regulatory controls, then operators in the construction sector which breach environmental controls should not be treated any differently.
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机译：对于建筑行业中涉及多种环境违法行为的严重环境事件，经常处以低于100,000英镑的罚款。那些日子已经一去不复返了。上诉法院在R vs Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2015] EWCA Crim 960一案中的判决在沙子上划清了界限。对于许多建筑公司而言，对环境违法行为处以数百万英镑罚款的前景现已成为现实。上诉法院的明确信息是，不应将环境犯罪与其他监管犯罪区别对待。如果银行和金融机构因违反金融监管规定而受到数百万英镑的罚款，那么建筑业中违反环境管制的经营者就不应有任何区别。
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