Regulation 17 Collection and reporting information

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in the heading to Part 3—

(i)

after “brand owners”, insert “, packers/fillers”;

(ii)

after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

(b)

in paragraph 10—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1)—

(aa)

in paragraph (a), omit the words from “, or for” to the end;

(bb)

after paragraph (a), insert—

“(aa)

packers/fillers;”;

(cc)

in paragraph (b), after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A)

A producer required by regulation 17 to report information in this Part—

(a)

must only report that information in relation to packaging for which that person is a producer of a class listed in sub-paragraph (1);

(b)

must not report any information in relation to any packaging in relation to which the producer only performs the function of a seller or an online marketplace operator.”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (2), for “regulation 16(1)”, substitute “regulation 16(2)”;

(iv)

in sub-paragraph (3)(b)(i), for “that information”, substitute “the information set out in paragraphs 11 to 13, 16, 17 and 23”;

(c)

in paragraph 13—

(i)

omit sub-paragraph (2);

(ii)

for sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to packaging which an importer or first UK owner is treated as supplying within the meaning of regulation 10(1A).”;

(d)

in paragraph 17(2)(a), for “, paper and straws”, substitute “and paper”;

(e)

in paragraph 18, after “and 20”, insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer under regulation 8(6)”;

(f)

in paragraphs 19 and 20, for “the producer has supplied”, substitute “supplied through an online marketplace operated by the producer”;

(g)

in paragraph 21—

(i)

at the end of the opening words, insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer, or, for the information in paragraph 22, a producer of a class specified in that paragraph”;

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “where applicable”;

(iii)

for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), substitute—

“(b)

for large producers, the information in paragraphs 22 and 23, where applicable.”;

(h)

in paragraph 22—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “the producer” the first time it is referred to, insert “imports and then”;

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (1)(b), insert—

“(c)

all packaging the producer takes ownership of and then discards, when the producer is a first UK owner;”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “tertiary packaging”, insert “and first UK owners who are treated as supplying secondary or tertiary packaging”.