Regulation 29 Information sharing
Any information held by the designated person or Natural Resources Wales under these Regulations may be shared with a body listed in paragraph (2) for the purposes set out in paragraph (3).
The bodies are—
a responsible authority;
a public authority;
a competent authority;
the scheme administrator.
The purposes are—
for a responsible authority, enforcement functions relating to the electronic tracking of waste;
for a public authority, functions relating to the prevention or management of waste or waste related crime;
for a competent authority, the law enforcement purposes;
for the scheme administrator, functions conferred on it by the 2024 Regulations.
In this regulation—
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“the 2018 Act” (“Deddf 2018”) means the Data Protection Act 2018f1;
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“the 2024 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2024”) mean the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024f2;
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“competent authority” (“awdurdod cymwys”) has the same meaning as in section 30(1) of the 2018 Act;
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“the law enforcement purposes” (“y dibenion gorfodi’r gyfraith”) has the same meaning as in section 31 of the 2018 Act;
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“public authority” (“awdurdod cyhoeddus”) has the same meaning as in section 7(1) of the 2018 Actf3;
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“responsible authority” (“awdurdod cyfrifol”) means—
- (a)
Natural Resources Wales;
- (b)
the Environment Agency;
- (c)
the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;
- (d)
the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;
- (a)
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“scheme administrator” (“gweinyddwr y cynllun”) means the person appointed under regulation 58 of the 2024 Regulations.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
- f2
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S.I. 2024/1332, amended by S.I. 2025/1361.
- f3
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Section 7(1) was amended by S.I. 2019/419.