# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/117 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-117
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