Regulation 9 Application for registration of a producer

for paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1)

An application for registration of a producer must be made to the scheme administrator by the producer.”,

for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

An application for registration of a producer must be made—

(a)

before 1 October 2027, or

(b)

where a person is not a producer on that date, within 28 days of that person becoming a producer.”,

in paragraph (3)(b), omit “subject to paragraph (4),”,

in paragraph (3)(c), for “requested by SEPA” substitute “as may be reasonably requested by the scheme administrator”,

at the end of paragraph (3)(c), omit “and” and sub-paragraph (d),

for paragraphs (4) and (5), substitute—

“(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.”.