# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Regulation 116: Offences: scheme operators


It is an offence for a scheme operator—
(a) to operate a compliance scheme without registering the compliance scheme under regulations 43(1)(b) and 51(1);
(b) to breach a condition of the compliance scheme’s registration in regulation 53;
(c) to fail to carry out the obligation to apply for the registration of a member of the compliance scheme under regulation 43(3)(a);
(d) to fail to make an application referred to in sub-paragraph (c) by the date on which that application is required to be made under regulation 44(1)(a);
(e) to fail to report information in relation to a member of the compliance scheme which the scheme operator is required to report under regulations 43(3)(b) and 44(2);
(f) to fail to make a report of any of the information referred to in sub-paragraph (e) by the date on which that report is required to be made under regulation 35, 36, 37 or 38, as those regulations apply by virtue of regulation 44(2);
(g) to fail to carry out the recycling obligations under regulation 43(3)(c) and 44(3);
(h) to fail to keep records and make returns to the appropriate agency as required by regulations 43(6)(a) and 55;
(i) to fail to submit a statement of compliance to the appropriate agency as required by regulation 56;
(j) to fail to give each member of the compliance scheme—
(i) the notice required by regulation 49(5) if approval of the compliance scheme is withdrawn; or
(ii) the notice required by regulation 54(4) if registration of the compliance scheme is cancelled.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/116 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-116
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.