# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Paragraph 8: Reprocessors and exporters: charities


(1) Regulation 85 of the 2024 Regulations (registration: reprocessors) applies to a reprocessor which is a charity, and regulation 86 (registration: exporters) applies to an exporter which is a charity, as if—
(a) the date specified in paragraph (1) of each of those regulations was 1st January 2027; and
(b) the date specified in paragraph (3)(a) of each of those regulations was 1st October 2026.
(2) The offences in regulation 117(1)(a) and (b) of the 2024 Regulations (operating a reprocessing site or exporting packaging waste without being registered) do not apply to a charity before 1st January 2027.
(3) The powers of an enforcement agency under regulation 121 of the 2024 Regulations (civil sanctions) to impose a civil sanction for contravention of regulation 85 or 86 of those Regulations do not apply to a charity before 1st January 2027.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348276176/schedule/4/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-amendment-regulations-2025/schedule-4/paragraph-8
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