The proposed policy statement for Part 2 of the Localism Act 2011 proposed that EU fines could be passed down to individual local authorities. Part 2 of the Localism Act introduces a discretionary power for a Minister of the Crown to require a public authority to pay some, or all, of a European Court of Justice financial sanction where the public authority has demonstrably caused or contributed to that sanction. The consultation sought views on this.
NLWA_Response_Localism Act Part 2