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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024/schedule-6/part-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348266221",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The Table of Civil Sanctions",
  "text": "Requirement or act\nFMP (amount)\nVMP\ncompliance notice\nenforcement undertaking\nScheme producers\nRegulation 11 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 (registration)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 13(1)(a) or (b) (requirement to make or keep records)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information in response to a DMO instruction under regulation 14, 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, or (b) the person providing it does so recklessly and the information is false or misleading in a material particular, or (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.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information in an application under regulation 18 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.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 21 (requirement to pay a producer registration fee)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 22 (requirement to pay deposits to the deposit management organisation)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nScheme suppliers\nRegulation 23 (prohibition on supply of items from a scheme producer not registered with the deposit management organisation)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 24(1)(a) (requirement for deposit item to carry scheme logo)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 24(1)(b) (requirement for deposit item to carry scheme return code)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 24(2) (requirement for scheme multipack to carry scheme packaging logo)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 25(1) (prohibition on supply of a registered low volume product carrying a scheme logo or scheme return code)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 26(1) or (6) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the Scheme information)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 27(1) (requirement to provide or display, or provide for display, the LVP information)\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 28(1) (requirement to charge a deposit), where the scheme supplier is a scheme retailer\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 28(1), where the scheme supplier is not a scheme retailer\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 29(1) (requirement to display opt-out information)\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nProviding information in response to a DMO instruction under regulation 30 where— (a) the person providing the information knows it to be inaccurate, 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, or (c) the person providing the information knows it to be incomplete in a material particular.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nReturn of returnable items\nRegulation 34(1)\n(requirement to operate a return point)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 34(4) and (5) and Schedule 2 (requirement to register, or renew registration, with the deposit management organisation as a mandatory return point operator)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding 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.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nFailure to provide information under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 (return point exemption: duty to notify deposit management organisation of change of circumstances.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding 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.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 36(1) (requirement to display information where no return point is operated)\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 40 (requirement to display information at a return point)\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 41 (requirement to be a scheme retailer and registered in order to provide a take-back service)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 42(1) or (5) (requirement to provide or display information about a take-back service)\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nProviding information in an application under paragraph 2 or 5 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.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nParagraph 8 of Schedule 4 (duty to notify the deposit management organisation of a change in information)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 47(1), (2) or (3) (b) (requirements as to the payment of the total return amount)\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 48 (requirement to retain returnable items)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 49 (requirement to retain or return returnable items)\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nThe deposit management organisation\nRegulation 51(3) (requirement to comply with conditions of appointment)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 52(1) (requirement to act in accordance with operational plan)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 53(1) (requirement to submit annual report)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 54(1) (requirement to establish and maintain a reserve fund)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 55 (scheme logo and scheme packaging logo: requirement to issue)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 56 (publication of scheme logo and scheme packaging logo)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 57 (scheme return code)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 66(1) (requirement to collect returnable items etc. from return point operators etc.)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 66(2) (requirement to pay sums for returnable items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 68 (requirement to recycle or make arrangements for recycling of in-scope material from refund items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 69 (requirement to make arrangements for the recycling of in-scope material from items other than refund items)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 71 (requirement to pay NEA costs)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 72 (information about returns data)\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nFailure, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the obligation in regulation 81 (collection targets).\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nMatters connected with enforcement\nRegulation 85(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by a local weights and measures authority\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nProviding information to a local weights and measures authority in response to an information notice under regulation 85 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.\nYes (£500)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 85(3) (requirement to comply with an information notice), where the notice is given by a national enforcement authority\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nProviding information to a national enforcement authority under regulation 85 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.\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes\nRegulation 86(1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by a local weights and measures authority\nYes (£1,000)\nNo\nYes\nNo\nRegulation 86 (1) (obstructing or failing to assist an authorised person), where the authorised person was appointed by DAERA or the Environment Agency\nNo\nYes\nYes\nYes",
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