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Part 2 The Table of Civil Sanctions

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Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5
Requirement or act

FMP

(amount)

VMP compliance notice enforcement undertaking
Scheme producers
Regulation 12 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (registration)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 14(1)(a) or (b) (requirement to make or keep records)NoYesYesYes
Providing information in response to a DMO information request under regulation 15, or in an application for registration under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, or under paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1, where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be inaccurate, false or misleading in a material particular, (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is inaccurate, false or misleading in a material way, (c) the person providing the information knows it to be incomplete in a material particular, or (d) the producer has not notified the deposit management organisation of a change to the relevant information.NoYesYesYes

Providing information in an application under regulation 19 for registration of a product line as a low volume line, where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.

NoYesYesYes
Regulation 22 (requirement to pay a registered scheme producer registration fee)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 23 (requirement to pay deposits to the deposit management organisation)NoYesYesYes
Scheme suppliers
Regulation 24 (requirement to supply items from registered scheme producers)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 25(1)(a) (requirement for deposit item to carry the required item logo)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 25(1)(b) (requirement for deposit item to carry scheme return code)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 25(2) (requirement for scheme multipack to carry scheme packaging logo)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 26(1) (requirement not to supply a registered low volume product carrying a scheme logo or scheme return code)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 27(1) or (6) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the Scheme information)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 28(1) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the RLVP information)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Regulation 29(1) (requirement for scheme supplier to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is a scheme retailer

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 29(1) (requirement to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is not a scheme retailerNoYesYesYes
Regulation 30(1) (requirement to display opt-out information)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Providing information in response to a DMO information request under regulation 31 where— a) the person providing the information knows it to be inaccurate, false or misleading in a material particular, (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is inaccurate, false or misleading in a material particular, or (c) the person providing the information knows it to be incomplete in a material particular.NoYesYesYes
Return of returnable items

Regulation 35(1)

(requirement to operate a return point)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 35(5) and Schedule 2 (requirement to register, or renew registration, with the deposit management organisation as a mandatory return point operator)NoYesYesYes
Providing information under paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 2 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.NoYesYesYes
Failure to provide information under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 (return point exemption: duty to notify deposit management organisation of change of circumstances)NoYesYesYes
Providing information under paragraph 2, 7 or 9 of Schedule 3 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.NoYesYesYes
Regulation 37(1) (requirement to display information where no return point is operated)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Regulation 40 (requirement to display information at a return point)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Regulation 41 (requirement to be a scheme retailer and registered with the deposit management organisation in order to provide a take-back service)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 42(1) or (5) (requirement to provide, display or provide for display, information about a take-back service)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Providing information in an application under paragraph 2, 3 or 6 of Schedule 4, where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular.NoYesYesYes
Paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 (duty to notify the deposit management organisation of a change in information)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 47(1), (2) or (3)(b) (requirements as to the payment of the total return amount)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Regulation 48(2) (requirement to notify DMO that total return amount to be paid by the DMO to a charity)

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Regulation 49 (requirement to retain returnable items)

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 50 (requirement to retain or return returnable items)

Yes

(£1,000)

YesYesYes
The deposit management organisation
Regulation 48(3) (requirement to pay to a charity a sum equivalent to the total return amount)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 52(3) (requirement to comply with conditions of appointment)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 53(1) (requirement to act in accordance with operational plan)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 54(1) (requirement to submit annual report)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 55(1) and (2) (requirement to establish and maintain a reserve fund)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 56(1)(a) (scheme logo: requirement to issue)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 57 (requirement to publish scheme logo and scheme packaging logo)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 58 (scheme return code: code requirements)NoYesYesYes

Regulation 68(1) (requirement to collect

returnable items from return point operators etc.)

NoYesYesYes
Regulation 68(2) and (3) (requirements to pay sums for returnable items)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 70 (requirement to make arrangements for recycling of in-scope material from refund items)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 71 (requirement to make arrangements for the recycling of in-scope material from items other than refund items)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 73 (requirement to make arrangements for the reuse of returned refund items)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 74 (requirement in relation to payments to NRW)NoYesYesYes
Regulation 75 (information about returns data)NoYesYesYes
Failure, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligation in regulation 84 (collection targets)NoYesYesYes
Matters connected with enforcement
Regulation 87(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by a local weights and measures authority

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Providing information to a local weights and measures authority in response to an information notice under regulation 87 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular

Yes

(£500)

NoYesNo
Regulation 87(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by NRWNoYesYesYes
Providing information to NRW under regulation 87 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be false or misleading in a material particular, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particularNoYesYesYes
Regulation 88(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by a local weights and measures authority

Yes

(£1,000)

NoYesNo
Regulation 88(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by NRWNoYesYesYes