Paragraph 3 Application for registration: decision
(1)
Where the deposit management organisation receives a registration application which complies with paragraph 2(2), the deposit management organisation must, within a reasonable period of receiving the application—
(a)
register the in-scope retailer in relation to each of the MRP premises in respect of which the retailer is required to operate a return point, and
(b)
notify the in-scope retailer in writing that the retailer has been registered as a mandatory return point operator.
(2)
The deposit management organisation may register the in-scope retailer under sub-paragraph (1) before 1st October 2027.