Regulation 117 Offences: reprocessors and exporters

(1)

It is an offence for a person to—

(a)

operate a reprocessing site at which a category of packaging waste is recycled or accepted for recycling, without being registered with the appropriate agency in accordance with regulation 85 as a reprocessor of that category of packaging waste at that reprocessing site; or

(b)

export a category of packaging waste without being registered with the appropriate agency in accordance with regulation 86 as an exporter of that category of packaging waste.

(2)

A reprocessor with a registration under regulation 85 or an exporter with a registration under regulation 86 commits an offence if the reprocessor or exporter—

(a)

fails to comply with a condition of that registration in regulation 88; or

(b)

contravenes a requirement in regulation 91 or in Part 2 of Schedule 8.

(3)

It is an offence for a person to—

(a)

issue a PRN otherwise than in accordance with regulation 92(1);

(b)

issue a PERN otherwise than in accordance with regulation 92(2); or

(c)

issue a PRN or a PERN pursuant to information which is false or misleading in a material particular, knowing the information to be false or misleading or being reckless as to whether it is false or misleading.

(4)

A reprocessor or exporter who has an accreditation to issue PRNs or PERNs commits an offence if the reprocessor or exporter fails to comply with a condition of that accreditation in regulation 98 or Part 3 of Schedule 8.