Regulation 1 Citation and commencement

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024.

(2)

Except as provided in paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 1st October 2027.

(3)

The following provisions come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made—

(a)

(b)

Part 2 (interpretation);

(c)

regulation 11 in Chapter 1 of Part 4 for the purposes only of registration of scheme producers;

(d)

Chapter 1 of Part 6 (items subject to overseas schemes);

(e)

regulation 34 in Chapter 2 of Part 6 for the purposes only of—

(i)

registration of in-scope retailers as mandatory return point operators, and

(ii)

applications for return point exemptions;

(f)

regulation 35 in Chapter 2 of Part 6 for the purposes of exemptions for small groceries retailers in urban areas;

(g)

regulation 38 in Chapter 3 of Part 6 for the purposes only of authorisations to operate a return point;

(h)

Part 7 (the scheme administrator: the deposit management organisation);

(i)

Part 9 (enforcement), in so far as it relates to the functions of the deposit management organisation under Part 7;

(j)

Part 10 (appeals), in so far as it relates to the appointment of the deposit management organisation.