Regulation 109 Monitoring

(1)

The appropriate agency must monitor—

(a)

compliance by producers with—

(i)

their producer responsibility obligations; and

(ii)

the conditions of their registration in regulation 31;

(b)

compliance by scheme operators with—

(i)

the obligations referred to in regulation 43; and

(ii)

the conditions referred to in regulation 48(1);

(c)

compliance by reprocessors and exporters with the requirement to register in regulations 85(1) and 86(1) respectively;

(d)

compliance by registered reprocessors and exporters with the conditions of registration in regulation 88;

(e)

compliance by reprocessors and exporters with the prohibition in regulation 92 on issuing PRNs or PERNs unless the conditions for issuing PRNs or PERNs in that regulation are met;

(f)

compliance by accredited reprocessors and exporters with the conditions of accreditation in regulation 98(b) to (d).

(2)

The appropriate agency must also monitor the accuracy of the information provided to the appropriate agency by producers, scheme operators, reprocessors and exporters—

(a)

in, or in relation to, any application under these Regulations;

(b)

in any report, statement or certificate required by these Regulations.

(3)

The appropriate agency must, as part of the monitoring undertaken under paragraph (1)(a), monitor a sample of producers each year.