{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2020/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application for registration of a producer",
  "text": "(1) An application for registration of a producer must be made to the scheme administrator by the producer.\n(2) An application for registration of a producer must be made—\n(a) before 1 October 2027, or\n(b) where a person is not a producer on that date, within 28 days of that person becoming a producer.\n(3) An application must—\n(a) be made in writing,\n(b) ... contain the information set out in schedule 1,\n(c) contain any other information as may be reasonably requested by the scheme administrator, ...\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Where the application is granted, the producer will be treated as registered from the date specified by the scheme administrator under article 23(2)(b) (producer registration) of the Designation Order 2025.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7(1) substituted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 9(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2) substituted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 9(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(3)(b) omitted (20.6.2025) by virtue of The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 9(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(3)(c) substituted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 9(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 7(3)(d) and word omitted (20.6.2025) by virtue of The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 9(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 7(4) substituted for reg. 7(4)(5) (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 9(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 1.1.2022, see reg. 1(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/154/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:17.139358+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}