Regulation 29 Information sharing

(1)

Any information held by the designated person or the Agency under these Regulations may be shared with a body listed in paragraph (2) for the purposes set out in paragraph (3).

(2)

The bodies are—

(a)

a responsible authority;

(b)

a public authority;

(c)

a competent authority;

(d)

the scheme administrator.

(3)

The purposes are—

(a)

for a responsible authority, enforcement functions relating to the electronic tracking of waste;

(b)

for a public authority, functions relating to the prevention or management of waste or waste related crime;

(c)

for a competent authority, the law enforcement purposes;

(d)

for the scheme administrator, functions conferred on it by the 2024 Regulations.

(4)

In this regulation—

(a)

“the 2018 Act” means the Data Protection Act 2018^f1;

(b)

“the 2024 Regulations” mean the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024^f2;

(c)

“competent authority” has the same meaning as in section 30(1) of the 2018 Act;

(d)

“public authority” has the same meaning as in section 7(1) of the 2018 Act;

(e)

“responsible authority” means—

(i)

the Agency;

(ii)

the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(iii)

the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; or

(iv)

the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland;

(f)

“the law enforcement purposes” has the same meaning as in section 31 of the 2018 Act;

(g)

“scheme administrator” means the person appointed pursuant to regulation 58 of the 2024 Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2018 c. 12.
f2: S.I. 2024/1332.